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Dr. Temple Grandin with a cow

Dr. Temple Grandin


Temple Grandin, Ph.D. is a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.  She is a designer of livestock handling and lairage facilities for meat plants. Her research interests are animal welfare, stunning methods, livestock behavior, transport and the effects of handling practices on meat quality.

 

One of her major projects was writing the original Recommended Animal Handling Guidelines and Audit Guide for the North American Meat Institute. These guidelines use animal based outcome measures for assessing animal welfare in beef, pork, and lamb abattoirs.

 

She has also served as an animal welfare auditor instructor for PAACO and is on the welfare committees of many major corporations. Academic books she has edited include The Slaughter of Farmed Animals: Practical Ways of Enhancing Animal Welfare and Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals. Her awards include the OIE World Organization for Animal Health Meritorious Award, North American Meat Institute Educators Award and American Meat Science Association, International Lectureship Award.

 

An HBO movie titled Temple Grandin has been made about her life. In 2017, Dr. Grandin was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and in 2020, she was named one of the top 10 professors in the United States by CEOWORLD Magazine.

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