Dr. Levente Kovács - MATE Research
Overview
Dr. habil. Levente Kovács is a researcher in the fields of farm animal behaviour, stress and production physiology. To date, he has been the principal investigator of 10 winning R&D projects. He has 12 years of experience in analysing the effects of stress caused by technology and the environment, which can be measured by non-invasive methods, and in leading research on such topics. Major research areas include coping styles and human-animal interactions in smaller- and larger-scale farms in dairy cows; non-invasive methods of welfare and stress assessment in ruminants around parturition; hormonal, autonomic nervous system and behavioural adaptation to heat stress in dairy cows and calves; and the assessment of chronic stress and pain caused by lameness in cattle.
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Publications
Hormonal, autonomic and behavioral adaptation to heat stress in dairy cows and calves
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33451-6
https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17459
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200622
Welfare and stress assessment in ruminants around parturition
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.08.001
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85666-9
https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11325
Assessment of chronic stress and pain caused by lameness in cattle
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134792
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.domaniend.2019.106388
Physiological and behavioral responses to routine husbandry procedures o f dairy cattle
https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2015-10454
https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2014-8327
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731113002140
Autonomic nervous system and behavioral adaptation of dairy cows to novel milking systems
https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2013-7030
Projects
Project no. 1.: OTKA Postdoctoral Scholarship (NKFIH-6493-1/2016, National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Budapest, Hungary)
Project no. 2.: Bolyai János Research Scholarship (BO/00040/16/4, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Project no. 3.: OTKA Research Project (NKFIH-13404, National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Budapest, Hungary)