There are lots of unusual research animals, but Amanda's animal of choice is one you might see on your plate. She studies the behavior of cattle (the meat variety, not milk producing) and what that can tell us about best practices to keep them happy and healthy.

Suggested Reading:

Modern beef production: https://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/raising-beef

Cattle behavior research: http://www.animalbehaviour.net/cattle/

Amanda's lab website: https://animalscience.tamu.edu/people/daigle-courtney/

Follow Amanda Mathias: @mathiaj024, [email protected]

Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing