Publications

Cockram, M.S., Murphy, E., Ringrose, S., Welmelsfelder, F., Miedema, H.M. and Sandercock, D.A. 2012. Behavioural and physiological measures following treadmill exercise as potential indicators to evaluate fatigue in sheep. Animal 6: 1491-1502.

Cockram, M.S., Baxter, E M., Smith, L.A., Bell, S., Howard, C.M., Prescott, R.J. and Mitchell, M.A. 2004. Effect of driver behaviour, driving events and road type on the stability and resting behaviour of sheep in transit. Animal Science 79:165-176.

Cockram, M.S. 2004. A review of behavioural and physiological responses of sheep to stressors to identify potential behavioural signs of distress in sheep Animal Welfare 13: 283-291.

Cockram, M.S., Kent, J.E., Goddard, P.J., Waran, N.K., Jackson, R.E., McGilp, I.M., Southall, E.L., Amory J.R., McConnell, T.I., O’Riordan, T. and Wilkins, B.S. 2000. Behavioural and physiological responses of sheep to 16h transport and a novel environment post-transport. Veterinary Journal 159: 139-146.

Jackson, R.E., Cockram, M.S., Goddard, P.J., Doherty, O.M., McGilp, I.M. and Waran, N.K. 1999. The effects of 24 h water deprivation when associated with some aspects of transportation on the behaviour and blood chemistry of sheep. Animal Welfare 8: 229-241.

Cockram, M.S., Kent, J.E., Waran, N.K., McGilp, I.M., Jackson, R.E., Amory, J.R., Southall, E.L., O’Riordan, T., McConnell, T.I. and Wilkins, B.S. 1999. Effects of a 15h journey followed by either 12h starvation or ad libitum hay on the behaviour and blood chemistry of sheep. Animal Welfare 8:135-148.

Jackson, R.E., Waran, N.K. and Cockram, M.S.1999. Methods for measuring feeding motivation in sheep. Animal Welfare 8:53-63.

Cockram, M.S., Kent, J.E., Jackson, R.E., Goddard, P.J., Doherty, O.M., McGilp, I.M., Fox, A., Studdert-Kennedy, T.C., McConnell, T.I. and O’Riordan, T. 1997. Effect of lairage during 24 h of transport on the behavioural and physiological responses of sheep. Animal Science 65: 391-402.

Jarvis, A.M., Cockram, M.S. and McGilp, I.M. 1996. Bruising and biochemical measures of stress, dehydration and injury determined at slaughter in sheep transported from farms or markets. British Veterinary Journal 152: 719-722.

Cockram, M.S., Kent, J.E., Goddard, P.J., Waran, N.K., McGilp, I.M., Jackson, R.E., Muwanga, G.M. and Prytherch, S. 1996. Effect of space allowance during transport on the behavioural and physiological responses of lambs during and after transport. Animal Science 62:461-477.

Jarvis, A.M. and Cockram, M.S. 1995. Handling of sheep at markets and the incidence of bruising. Veterinary Record 136:582-585.

Jarvis, A.M. and Cockram, M.S. 1995. Some factors affecting resting behaviour of sheep in slaughterhouse lairages after transport from farms. Animal Welfare 4:53-60.

Gordon, G.D.H. and Cockram, M.S. 1995. A comparison of wooden slats and straw bedding on the behaviour of sheep. Animal Welfare 4:131-134.

Jarvis, A.M. and Cockram, M.S. 1994. Effect of handling and transport on bruising of sheep sent directly from farms to slaughter. Veterinary Record 135:523-527.

Kim, F.B., Jackson, R.E., Gordon, G.D.H. and Cockram, M.S.1994. Resting behaviour of sheep in a slaughterhouse lairage. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 40:45-54.

Cockram, M.S., Ranson, M., Imlah, P., Goddard, P.J., Burrells, C. and Harkiss, G.D. 1994. The behavioural, endocrine and immune response of sheep to isolation. Animal Production 58:389-399.

Cockram, M.S., Imlah, P., Goddard, P.J., Harkiss, G.D. and Waran, N.K. 1993. The behavioural, endocrine and leukocyte response of ewes to repeated removal of lambs before the age of natural weaning. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 38:127-142.

Cockram, M.S.and Lee, R.A. 1991. Some preslaughter factors affecting the occurrence of bruising in sheep. British Veterinary Journal 147:120-125.

Cockram, M.S. 2007. Sheep Transport. In Livestock Handling and Transport, 3rd Edition Edited by T. Grandin. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, UK. P184-198.

Cockram, M.S. 2014 Sheep Transport. In Livestock Handling and Transport, 4th Edition Edited by T. Grandin. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, UK. P 228-244.

Cockram, M.S. 2019. Sheep Transport. In Livestock Handling and Transport, 5th Edition Edited by T. Grandin. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, Oxon, UK.

Cockram, M.S. and Velarde, A. 2022. Sheep. In: Preslaughter Handling and Slaughter of Meat Animals. Edited by L. Faucitano. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 267-310.

Careful Driving and Animal Welfare. The effect of driver behaviour on the behaviour of livestock in-transit. Training video for drivers of livestock vehicles based on DEFRA funded research project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sQ3Etj9K5I

Cockram, M.S., Menzies, P., Barrett, D. and Hemsted, J. 2012. Sheep Code of Practice Scientists’ Committee. Code of Practice for the Care & Handling of Sheep: Review of Scientific Research on Priority Issues. pp 134. NFACC. http://www.nfacc.ca/resources/codes-of-practice/sheep/Sheep_SC_report_Oct_2012.pdf

lead author on chapters on:
Stressful handling and management procedures 1-14.
Methods of on-farm euthanasia of sheep 24-41, 120.
Painful procedures 74-108, 121-133.
Snow as a water source 109-119, 134.

NFACC Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Sheep. 2013. https://www.nfacc.ca/codes-of-practice/sheep