PhD candidate
Ruminant Research Unit, Agroscope; Centre for Proper Housing of Ruminants and Pigs, Federal Veterinary Office; Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern
Alice pontiggia, MSc in biology, PhD candidate at the University of Bern and employee at the Federal Veterinary Office, Centre for Proper Housing of Ruminants and Pigs, Agroscope in Switzerland. She received her BSc in biology from the University Zurich, Switzerland. She received her MSc in behavioral biology from the University of Zurich, and performed her Master Thesis about the sickness behavior in wild house mouse. After her studies, she performed an internship in the Departement of Animal Welfare at the University of Bern. Her current research focuses on the behavioral and physiological changes of heat stress in grazing dairy cows under moderate climate conditions.