Professional positions:

Behaviour consultant for equine and food animal veterinary practitioners, Ontario Veterinary College

Section Editor: Farm Animals, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2003-present

Steering Committee Member, Col. K.L.Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare, University of Guelph, 2003-present

Chair: Animal Welfare Judging Advisory Committee, an extracurricular program developed by Dr. A. Zanella, Michigan State University, to aid Animal Science students wishing to develop skills in animal welfare issues and welfare assessment. 2004-present

Advisor, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 2003-present

Scientific Committee, Humane Farm Animal Care, an animal welfare certification program for livestock and poultry producers, involving third-party inspection of farms. I chair the committee for goats, and serve on committees for sheep and poultry. 2003-present

Committee member, Canadian Agrifood Research Council, Expert Committee for Farm Animal Behaviour & Welfare. 2005-present.

Committee member, United States Department of Agriculture, NCR-131 Animal Behavior & Welfare research group


University Service:

Faculty co-advisor: Ontario Veterinary College Animal Welfare Club, 2002-present

Faculty mentor, Ontario Veterinary College, DVM Animal welfare mentor group, 2002-present

Faculty advisory committee, Ontario Veterinary College Summer Leadership Program, 2004-present

Committee member, Senate, 2004-present

Committee member, Senate International Committee, University of Guelph, 2005-present

Committee member, College Awards Committee, 2003-present

Extension communications to the general public, animal industries and interested groups

Extension articles published in non-refereed journals, magazines and continuing education

  1. Millman, S., 1999. Capitalizing on sheep behaviour. Ontario Sheep News, 12:14.
  2. Millman, S., 2002. Legislation protecting farm animals in the United States. Animal Welfare Science, Ethics & Law Veterinary Association Newsletter, 6:6-7. 
  3. Millman, S.T., 2002. The welfare dilemma of broiler breeder aggression. Poultry Perspectives, University of Maryland Poultry Extension Service, Spring 2002.
  4. Millman, S.T., 2003. Categories of welfare cases: protecting the welfare of farm animals. Veterinary Practitioners and Food Animal Welfare Cases. Wellington County OMAF Office, Fergus, ON.
  5. Millman, S.T., 2003. A dose of healthy skepticism about “Cow Comfort”: Are we keeping the cow in the discussion? Dairy Health Management Certification Program: Dairy Facilities, Designing for Cow Comfort and Performance. University of Guelph.
  6. Millman, S., 2004. Sick pig behaviour. Centralia Swine Research Update, January 28, 2004. p.I-37
  7. Millman, S., 2005. Welfare assessment and audits. Dairy Health Management Certification Program: Dairy Cattle Welfare, University of Guelph, May 31-June 2, 2005.

Invited presentations (unpublished)

  1. Millman, S.T., Duncan, I.J.H., 1996. Broiler breeder males, mating behaviour and aggression, Ontario Academy of Avian Medicine Meeting, Guelph, ON, April 1996.
  2. Millman, S.T., Duncan, I.J.H., 1997. Have breeder males lost the Casanova Touch?,Ontario Broiler Chicken Hatching Egg Producers Association Fall Seminar, Guelph, ON, Canada, November 1997.
  3. Millman, S.T., 1997. Where’s Don Juan? Hyper-aggression in male broiler breeder fowl. Waterloo-Wellington Region Poultry Fanciers Society, Fergus, ON
  4. Millman, S.T., 1997. Have breeder males lost the Casanova Touch?, Dept. of Clinical Veterinary Science, Bristol University, Langford, UK
  5. Millman, S.T., 1998. The psychology of moving sheep. Ontario Sheep Marketing Board, District 5.
  6. Millman, S.T., 2000. Welfare of broiler breeders, Department of Zoology Seminar Series, Oxford University, UK
  7. Millman, S.T., 2000. Welfare of broiler breeders, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge University, UK
  8. Millman, S.T., 2000. Welfare standards in U.S. livestock systems: Are they likely to improve? Edinburgh Animal Behaviour Research group (Moredun Institute, Roslin Institute, Edinburgh University), UK
  9. Millman, S.T., 2000. Welfare standards in U.S. livestock systems: Are they likely to improve? Walks & Talks Seminar Series, Lincoln University, UK.
  10. Millman, S.T., 2000. Welfare standards in U.S. livestock systems: Are they likely to improve? Dept. of Clinical Veterinary Science, Bristol University, Langford, UK
  11. Millman, S.T., 2000. Farm animal welfare in the year 2000: Are standards likely to improve? Department of Animal Science/Center for Food Animal Productivity and Well-Being, Purdue University, Indiana, USA.
  12. Millman, S.T., 2000. Are veterinarians and animal scientists addressing societal concerns? Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, USA.
  13. Millman, S.T., 2001. Commercial poultry production: concerns for poultry welfare and sustainability, Georgia Poultry Justice Alliance, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  14. Millman, S.T., 2001. Humane and sustainable husbandry systems, Sustainable Livestock Farms/Sustainable Communities, Eastern Canada Chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada, London, ON, Canada.
  15. Millman, S.T., 2002. Are there reasonable alternatives to subtherapeutic antimicrobials in animal agriculture?, Boston School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
  16. Millman, S.T., 2002. Farm Animal Welfare: Responsibilities and Expectations, California Farm Bureau Federation, Animal Welfare Advisory, Sacramento, CA, USA.
  17. Millman, S.T., 2003. Animal cognition in practice to improve animal welfare. Ontario Veterinary College Animal Welfare Club’s 4th Animal Welfare Forum: Animal Cognition & Animal Welfare, Oct.4, 2003. University of Guelph.
  18. Millman, S.T., 2003. Improving the welfare of research pigs by accommodating their behavioural needs. Canadian Association of Laboratory Animal Researchers, Golden Triangle Division Meeting, Nov.26, 2003. University of Guelph.
  19. Millman, S.T., 2003. Animal welfare as a marketing opportunity. Beef Up Your Dollars:Workshop for Beef Producers, Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PEI.
  20. Millman, S.T., 2003. Animal welfare as a “public good”: challenges and opportunities for the veterinary profession. Keynote lecture for the SCVMA Convention at Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PEI.
  21. Millman, S.T., 2003. Comfortable animals yield more profit. Beef Up Your Dollars: Workshop for Beef Producers, Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PEI.
  22. Millman, S.T., 2003. Opportunities to use animal welfare to the advantage of PEI producers. Atlantic Veterinary College, Charlottetown, PEI.
  23. Millman, S.T., 2004. Sickness motivation: meeting the behavioural needs of ill pigs. Mike Wilson Swine Research Day, Ontario Veterinary College, May 18, 2004.
  24. Millman, S.T., 2004. Sickness motivation: meeting the behavioural needs of ill pigs. Annual Meeting, Universities of New York and Southwestern Ontario Laboratory Animal Veterinarians, Ontario Veterinary College, April 22, 2004.
  25. Millman, S.T., 2004. Meeting the needs of the sick pig. Ontario Pork Congress Gold Event, Stratford, Ontario, June 23, 2004.
  26. Millman, S.T., 2004. Large animal behaviour and veterinary medicine. University of Guelph Future Vets Club.
  27. Millman, S.T., Sheppard, K.C., 2004. The psychology of sheep. Ontario Sheep Marketing Board, District 5, Nov. 29, Fergus, ON.
  28. Millman, S.T., 2005. Resolving behaviour problems in the horse. OVC Animal Behaviour Club/OVC Equine Club, Mar.29.
  29. Millman, S.T., Drissler, M., 2005. Equine behaviour problems: why they occur and potential solutions. Milverton-Wellesley Veterinary Clinic Equine Health Symposium, Wellesley, ON, Apr. 2.
  30. Millman, S., 2005. Ontario Research Report: Farm Animal Behaviour & Welfare. Annual General Meeting, CARC Expert Committee on Farm Animal Behaviour & Welfare, Guelph, ON.
  31. Millman, S.T., 2006. What is your dog trying to tell you? OVC Family & Friends Day, February 2006.
  32. Millman, S.T., 2006. Understanding horse behaviour and clicker training workshop. Grand River Pony Club, March 2006.
  33. Millman, S.T., 2006. Broiler breeders! A story of rogue and romantic males. Symposium in Honour of Professor Ian Duncan, University of Guelph, October 1, 2006.
  34. Millman, S.T., 2006. What is your horse trying to tell you? Equine Guelph Equimania exhibit, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Toronto, ON, November 3, 2006.
  35. Millman, S.T., 2006. Animal assisted therapy: the animal’s perspective. Des Moines University, December 12, 2006.
  36. Millman, S.T., 2007. What is sickness behavior and why does it matter? Research Seminar Series, Des Moines University, April 6, 2007.

Conferences and hosting visiting scholars

  1. Host Organizing Committee, 30th International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Guelph, Canada. 1996
  2. Host Organizing Committee, 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association, University of Guelph, Canada.
  3. Session Chair, “Promoting welfare in husbandry systems”, 34th International Congress of the ISAE, Florianopolis, Brazil, October 2000.
  4. Session Chair, “Animal Handling and Transport, 35th International Congress of the ISAE, Davis, CA, August 2001.
  5. Dr. Paul Hemsworth, Australia. Dr. Hemsworth was invited to Guelph for the Pressant Lectureship. I coordinated and hosted his activities at OVC, including meetings with the Ruminant Field Service Rounds and the OVC Animal Welfare Club about human-animal interactions and effects of stockmanship on animal welfare.
  6. Dr. Vince Molony, Royal (Dick) Veterinary School, Edinburgh University. Dr. Molony was invited to Guelph for the Basil Capes Lectureship. I coordinated and hosted his activities at OVC, including meetings with the Ruminant Field Service Rounds and the OVC Animal Welfare Club about pain assessment, management and research in livestock.
  7. Session Chair, 7th ISAE North American Regional Meeting, June 18-19, 2004, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
  8. Dr. Daniel Mills, Director of Lincoln Animal Behaviour Referral Clinic, Advisor for Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Certificate in Animal Welfare, Ethics & Law. Dr. Mills presented two public lectures sponsored by the Col. KL Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare, Equine Guelph and the OVC Summer Leadership Program: “Understanding canine aggression: common fallacies and their implications”, and “Can we drive horses mad? Behaviour and stress in the stabled horse”, May 2005
  9. Dr. Derek Haley, Provincial Livestock Welfare Specialist, Alberta. Dr. Haley provided seminars to the Bovine Clinical Rounds and Animal Behaviour & Welfare groups, and participated in the OVC Summer Leadership Program roundtable discussions on animal welfare. June 2005
  10. Dr. Nina von Keyserlingk, Univ. British Columbia, Animal Welfare program. Dr. von Keyserlingk provided seminars to the Bovine Clinical Rounds and Animal Behaviour & Welfare groups about her research on dairy cow welfare. June 2005
  11. Dr. Joseph Stookey, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of Saskatoon, SK. Dr. Stookey was invited to Guelph for the Pressant Lectureship. I coordinated and hosted his activities at OVC, including meetings with the Ruminant Field Service Rounds and the OVC Animal Welfare Club. October 2005
  12. Dr. Bernard Rollin, Colorado State University, bioethicist. Dr. Rollin was invited to Guelph for the Basil Capes Lectureship. I coordinated and hosted his activities at OVC, including meetings with the OVC Animal Welfare and Equine Clubs. February 2007
  13. Session Chair, “Early Experiences”, 40th International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, Bristol, UK, August 8-12, 2006
  14. Chair of organizing committee, “Caring During Crisis: Animal Welfare During Pandemics and Natural Disasters”, Guelph, ON, April 29-May 1, 2007.
 
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