About
Dr. Vincent Bombail is a Research Fellow in Animal Welfare at Scotland's Rural College. His research investigates ultrasonic vocalizations and affective states in laboratory rodents to improve welfare assessment protocols.
Key projects include developing playback paradigms to induce positive affective states in rats, analyzing feeding-related vocalizations, and examining dopamine's role in olfactory processing. His work establishes non-invasive biomarkers for emotional states using vocalization patterns and neurobiological indicators.
Recent publications explore stress effects on gastrointestinal microbiota, technician perceptions of rat tickling procedures, and neurobiological mechanisms of odor processing. Bombail leads projects on ultrasonic vocalization monitoring for welfare optimization in research settings.
