David J. Menor Campos

Department of Medicine and Animal Surgery. Ctra. Madrid - Cádiz, km 385. 14014 Cordoba, Spain · (+0034) 957 211 073 · david.menor@uco.es

Currently, I am an acting lecture at Department of Medicine and Animal Surgery. I got my degree in Veterinary Science, and made my postdegree in Ethology (animal behaviour). My doctoral thesis was focused on stress and shelter dogs' behaviour. What realy moves me are research, teaching innovation and everything related to animal welfare and animal behaviour, alongside human-animal bond (anthrozoology)


Research

Research interest

Clinic Ethology

Ethology covers animal behaviour, while its clinic especiality deal with missbehaviour or behavioural changes whether from companion animals or captive animals (eg. zoo animals, lab animals), regarding their prevention, diagnostic or treatment. These are next year projects:

  • Environmental enrichment for captive cats
  • Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome in Cats
  • Fe-BARQ use to widening our understanding of cat behaviour
  • Socialitation of adult dogs
  • Behaviour of captive bearded vulture (Gipaetus barbatus)
Anthrozoology

Anthrozoology covers human - animal relationships. It gathers social sciences (e.g. sociology, anthropology, psychology, politics), humanities (history, literature, philosophy or geography) with natural science (ethology, veterinary science, animal welfare, comparative psychology). This multidisciplinary approach is due to the complexity of human-animal relationships. How we perceive to animals, their cognitive abilities, the feelings we assume they have or their necessities, impact how we treat them and therefore in their welfare. On the other hand, people use animal for different reasons, whether business, companion or food. Having animal as companion or pet might have beneficial effect on people health or social skills. Our project this year are:

  • Dog Owners' perception of dog stress
  • Cat Owners' perception of cat stress
  • Belief on Animal Mind among veterinary students
  • Belief on Animal Mind among primary school children
  • Veterinary Students' attitude towards animals
  • Primary school children's attitude towards animals

Publications

Scientific papers

David J. Menor-Campos, Jose María Molleda Carbonell, y Rocío López Rodríguez (2011). Effects of exercise and human contact on animal welfare in a dog shelter. Veterinary Record, 169, 388.

David J. Menor-Campos, Roxanne Hawkins, y Joanne Williams (2018). Belief in Animal Mind among Spanish primary school children. Anthrozöös, 31(5), 599-614

David J. Menor-Campos, Sarah Knight, Carolina Sánchez-Muñoz y Rocío López-Rodríguez (2018). Human-directed empathy and attitudes toward animal use: A survey of veterinary students. Anthrozöös, In Press

In Press

David J. Menor-Campos, Silvana Diverio, Carolina Sánchez-Muñoz, Rocío López-Rodríguez, Angelo Gazzano, Lorenzo Palandri, y Chiara Mariti (2018). Attitudes towards animals in veterinary students at three European veterinary medicine schools from Italy and Spain Anthrozöös, In Press

In Press

Contributions to scientific conferences

David J. Menor-Campos, Jose María Molleda Carbonell, y Rocío López Rodríguez (2011). Ejercicio y contacto humano para reducir el estrés de los animales en albergues caninos. 21St Congress of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animal. Sevilla, España. Del 8 al 10 de septiembre de 2011

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David J. Menor-Campos, Jose María Molleda Carbonell, y Rocío López Rodríguez (2011) Influencia del estrés en la valoración del comportamiento en albergues caninos. 46 Congreso Nacional de AVEPA – Southern European Veterinarian Conference.Barcelona, España. Del 28 de septiembre al 2 de octubre de 2011.

David J. Menor-Campos, Jose María Molleda Carbonell, y Rocío López Rodríguez (2012) Fiabilidad test-retest en una valoración del comportamiento canino XXIX Congreso Anual de Vetmadrid AMVAC. Madrid, España. Del 8 al 11 de marzo de 2012.

Antonia Tallante Bergara, David J. Menor Campos, y Rocío López Rodríguez (2013) Estudio del efecto de la lavanda (Lavandula angustifolia) sobre el comportamiento de perros de albergue. 48 Congreso Nacional de AVEPA – Southern European Veterinarian Conference. Barcelona, España. Del 17 al 19 de octubre de 2013.

David J. Menor-Campos, Jose María Molleda Carbonell, y Rocío López Rodríguez (2013) Valorando el comportamiento canino en un albergue municipal. 48 Congreso Nacional de AVEPA – Southern European Veterinarian Conference. Barcelona, España. Del 17 al 19 de octubre de 2013.

Chiara Mariti, Luca Palandri, Angelo Gazzano, Carolina Sánchez-Muñoz, David J. Menor-Campos, Rocío López-Rodríguez, y Silvana Diverio (2017) Attitude towards animals in veterinary students The 11th International Veterinary Behaviour Meeting. Samorin, Slovakia. Del 14 al 16 de septiembre de 2017.

Ana Trueba, Laura Castilla Rey, Helena Telkänranta, Ana Muñoz Juzado, David J. Menor-Campos (2018) Evaluaciones de estados emocionales en el caballo mediante termografía XIX Congreso Internacional de Medicina y Cirugía Equina. Sevilla, España. Del 16 al 17 de noviembre de 2018.

Supervised Final Work Degree

Laura Castilla Rey (2016). Estudio preliminar sobre el uso de la termografía en la determinación de las emociones en caballos.

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Raquel Fernández Fernández (2016). Encuesta sobre la agresividad en una población de perros de Córdoba.

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Sara Alonso Gutiérrez (2017). Análisis de la creencia en la mente animal (BAM) en los estudiantes de veterinaria de la Universidad de Córdoba.

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Carolina Sánchez-Muñoz (2017). Actitudes de los estudiantes de veterinaria hacia el uso de los animales en la sociedad

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Last projects

Innovation Teaching Conference Congreso de Innovación Docente

I Congreso Virtual Internacional de Innovación Docente Universitaria We Teach & We learn

International online conference hosted by University of Cordoba in partnership with XXXX Congreso online organizado desde la Universidad de Córdoba, con el apoyo de la Universidad de XXXX

Pet Behaviour Science | Open Access Journal

Open Access Scientific Journal

Open Access international journal dedicated to companion animal behaviour and human-pet bond

Open Conference | Pet Behaviour Science

Congreso Internacional online

International online conference hosted by University of Cordoba in partnership with XXXX


Teaching

  • Veterinary General Pathology
  • Behaviour changes - Internal Veterinary Medicine
  • Propedéutica Clínica
  • Cuidados y preparacion de los animales para su uso en el bienestar de las personas