I am an Animal Welfare Epidemiologist with advanced statistics and research methods skills obtained by post-grad in applied maths (ORCID 0000-0002-5687-7114). I am part of a team with a diversity of expertise in the animal science sector, open to collaborations in Animal Health and Welfare and Society in Farm, Companion (including Equine), Companion, and Captive or Wild animals. Please contact, Fernando Mata at fernandomata@ipvc.pt

CISAS is a research center from the Polytechnic University of Viana do Castelo in Portugal, with 80+ scientists covering the entire food chain from farm to fork. We are a team that includes veterinarians, Biologists, Microbiologists, Chemists, Agronomists, Zootechnicians, Nutritionists, Animal Behaviour Scientists, Ecologists, and Animal Welfare Scientists among other subjects. We are equipped with an experimental farm, including a zootechnical station, and labs in the various areas of expertise relevant to animal welfare science. Visit us at https://cisas.ipvc.pt