Brianna N Gaskill

Animal Sciences

Assistant Professor of Animal Science

Phone

765.496.1866

Office

CRTN Room 3032

Email

bgaskill@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Animal Behavior and Well-Being

Education:

B.S., Kansas State University

Ph.D., Purdue University

Postdoc: Charles River

Teaching Assignment: ANSC 303

Dr. Gaskill's research interests focus on welfare assessment of laboratory animals. She uses natural behavior, physiology, and affective state to assess an animal's overall well-bring. Brianna is especially interested on how better welface can translate into better science. Her research interests include: applied ethology, enrichment design and application, improving husbandry techniques, and how environment can affect scientific results when not tailored to the animal's needs and motivations.

Dr. Brianna Gaskill Laboratory Web Page: http://labanimalwelfare.com/

Google Scholar Web Page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Z5DZvw4AAAAJ&hl=en

Hobbies: Family, traveling, yoga, and pets

Selected Publications

Cloutier, S., Brady, C. M., Gaskill, B. N., & O'Haire, M. E. (in press). Laboratory animal welfare and human attitudes: A cross-sectional survey on heterospecific play or “rat tickling" PLOS 1.

Cloutier, S., Brady, C. M., O'Haire, M. E., & Gaskill, B. N. (2019). Professional quality of life including compassion fatigue in laboratory animal personnel: identifying risk and protective factors. Manuscript in preparation.

Cloutier, S., Brady, C. M., O'Haire, M. E., & Gaskill, B. N. (2019). Quantifying laboratory animal enrichment: differences in species and types. Manuscript in preparation.

Brochu, C. P., Winnicker, C. L., Provencher, A. L., Debien, E., Gariepy, S., & Gaskill, B. N. (2018). Effects of Nesting Material on the Toxicologic Assessment of Cyclophosphamide in Crl:CD1(ICR) Mice. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE, 57(4), 340-349. doi:10.30802/AALAS-JAALAS-17-000114

Rock, M. L., Karas, A. Z., Rodriguez, Katherine B. Gartrell, Gallo, M. S., Pritchett-Corning, K., Karas, R. H., . . . Gaskill, B. N. (2014). The Time-to-Integrate-to-Nest Test as an Indicator of Wellbeing in Laboratory Mice. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE, 53(1), 24-28.

Robinson-Junker, A., O'Hara, B., Durkes, A., & Gaskill, B. N. (2019). Sleeping through anything: The effects of unpredictable disruptions on mouse sleep, healing, and affect. PLoS ONE, 14(1). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210620

LaFollette, M. R., O'Haire, M. E., Cloutier, S., & Gaskill, B. N. (2018). Practical rat tickling: Determining an efficient and effective dosage of heterospecific play. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 208, 82-91. doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2018.08.005

Blankenberger, W. B., Weber, E. M., Chu, D. K., Geronimo, J. T., Theil, J., Gaskill, B. N., . . . Ahloy-Dallaire, J. (2018). Breaking up is hard to do: Does splitting cages of mice reduce aggression? Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 206, 94-101. doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2018.06.003

LaFollette, M. R., Cloutier, S., Gaskill, B. N., & O’Haire, M. E. (2018). Rat Tickling in Pet Stores: Effects on Employees, Customers, and New Owners. Anthrozoos, 31(4), 495-513. doi:10.1080/08927936.2018.1482118

LaFollette, M. R., O'Haire, M. E., Cloutier, S., & Gaskill, B. N. (2018). A happier rat pack: The impacts of tickling pet store rats on human-animal interactions and rat welfare. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 203, 92-102. doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2018.02.006