Rate My Professor Sarah Adcock

Adcock's research bridges animal welfare science with sustainability goals and emerging U.S. food systems, such as dairy sheep and insect farming. Core focuses encompass mitigating pain and disease in livestock, evaluating farm practices' impacts on animal behavior, physiology, and productivity, and integrating welfare into socially responsible production aligned with environmental and societal priorities. She employs methods like choice tests to assess animal preferences for resources and psychological states, informing humane husbandry practices. In recognition of her early-career contributions, Adcock received the 2024 New Investigator Award from the International Society for Applied Ethology. Key publications include 'Early Life Painful Procedures: Long-Term Consequences and Implications for Farm Animal Welfare' (Frontiers in Animal Science, 2021), 'Animal welfare science: an integral piece of sustainable insect farming' (Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2023), and 'Etiology, persistence, and risk factors of subclinical mastitis in sheep' (2024). Her work supports Wisconsin's agricultural community through evidence-based strategies for sustainable animal agriculture.