Joy Mench
Professor
jamench@ucdavis.edu


Office
2245 Meyer Hall
752-7125



 
Degrees:
1983 PhD University of Sussex, England Ethology and Neurobiology
1976 BS San Francisco State University Biology
Research Interests:

Behavioral assessment of animal welfare; abnormal behaviors; environmental enrichment for laboratory and farm animals
Awards:
Lilly Foundation Teaching Fellowship
Fellow of the Scientist's Center for Animal Welfare
Poultry Science Association Poultry Welfare Research Award, 2004
UC Davis Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award, 2007
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Animal Science
Center for Animal Welfare
Professional Societies:
Animal Behavior Society
International Society for Applied Ethology
Poultry Science Association
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
CBS Graduate Group Affiliations:
Animal Behavior  
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Animal Biology; Avian Science  
Publications:
  • Chu, L-r., Garner, J.P., and Mench, J.A. 2004. A behavioral comparison of New Zealand White rabbits (Orytolagus cuniculus) housed individually or in pairs in conventional cages. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 85: 121-139.
  • Meehan, C.L., Garner, J.P. and Mench, J.A. 2004. Environmental enrichment and development of cage stereotypy in Orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica). Developmental Psychobiology 44: 209-218.
  • Shields, S.J., Garner, J.P. and Mench, J.A. 2004. Dustbathing by broiler chickens: a comparison of preference for four different substrates. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 87: 69-82.
  • Garner, J.P., Dufour, B., Gregg, L.E., Weisker, S.M. and Mench, J.A. 2004. Social and husbandry factors affecting the prevalence and severity of barbering (˜whisker trimming') by laboratory mice. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 89: 263-282.
  • Miller, K.A., Mench, J.A. 2005. The differential effects of four types of environmental enrichment on the activity budgets, fearfulnesss, and social proximity preference of Japanese quail. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 95:169-187.
  • Miller, K.A., Garner, J.P., Mench, J.A. 2006. Is fearfulness a stable and consistent trait that is measurable using behavioural tests? A validation of four fear tests using Japanese quail. Animal Behaviour 71:1323-1334.
  • Meehan, C.L. and Mench, J.A. 2007. The challenge of challenge: can problem solving opportunities enhance animal welfare? Applied Animal Behavior Science 102: 246-261.
Courses:
ANS 103 Animal Welfare Fall
VMD 170 Ethics of Animal Use Spring
ANB 401 Ethics and Professionalism in Animal Biology Spring