Dr Ellie Wigham

  • Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health (Veterinary Pathology, Public Health & Disease Investigation)

telephone: 01413307310
email: Ellie.Wigham@glasgow.ac.uk

Veterinary Biosciences, Jarrett Building, G61 1BD

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745

Biography

I graduated from the University of Cambridge Veterinary School in 2015 having also gained a bachelor’s degree in Experimental Psychology. My first-year post graduation was spent in the North Island of New Zealand working for the Ministry of Primary Industries. I conducted a variety of government veterinary work, however, was primarily based in a lamb slaughter and export facility working as an Official Veterinarian. I returned to the UK in 2016 to embark on a PhD at the University of Bristol, in which I explored the impacts of animal welfare training on the slaughter industry. 

My main research interests include animal welfare at slaughter, human/animal interactions in the abattoir and technological enhancements for animal welfare monitoring and improvement in the meat industry.

In November 2022 I passed my board exams to because a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behaviour medicine, in the subspecialty Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law. 

Research interests

Research groups

Publications

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Jump to: 2025 | 2024 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017
Number of items: 14.

2025

Wigham, Ellie E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745 and French, Megan (2025) Assessing the use of a mechanical rump pusher in a commercial cattle slaughter plant. Animal Welfare, 34, e35. (doi: 10.1017/awf.2025.10011)

2024

Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745 (2024) Abattoir Provision in Scotland and Opportunities for Mobile Slaughterhouses. HSA Seminar - Animal welfare during transport and slaughter – hot topics 2024, Edinburgh, UK, 26 October 2024.

Nova, Rodrigo, Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745 and Yusta, Noelia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-4375 (2024) Clinical Rotation Review: Reviewing and Updating the Veterinary Public Health Core Rotation and the One Health Approach. International Symposium of the Veterinary Schools Council (VetEd 2024), Dublin, Ireland, 3-5 July 2024.

Wigham, Eleanor E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Yusta, Noelia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-4375, Sweet, Sydney M., Francesca, Lauren, Dadios, Nikolaos and Nova, Rodrigo J. (2024) How do veterinary students perceive and prepare for compulsory slaughterhouse visits. Veterinary Record, 194(2), e3712. (doi: 10.1002/vetr.3712) (PMID:38111037)

2022

Johnston, Pamela E.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2743-4525, Gray, Alexander, Weir, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X, Wigham, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Mercer, Alistair, McGuigan, Michael and Anderson, James (2022) Livestreaming can augment the observation of veterinary post-mortem examinations. In: Varsou, Ourania, Rea, Paul M. and Welsh, Michelle (eds.) Biomedical Visualisation: Volume 14 ‒ COVID-19 Technology and Visualisation Adaptations for Biomedical Teaching. Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology (1397). Springer: Cham, pp. 113-134. ISBN 9783031171345 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17135-2_7)

2021

Contadini, Francesca, Mateus, Ana, Yusta, Noelia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-4375, Dadios, Nikolaos and Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745 (2021) Academic-Industry Partnership for the Development and Implementation of a Novel Virtual Slaughterhouse Teaching Tool. VetEd Symposium 2021, 07-09 Jul 2021.

2020

McMahon, Sarah and Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745 (2020) ‘All Ears’: a questionnaire of 1516 owner perceptions of the mental abilities of pet rabbits, subsequent resource provision, and the effect on welfare. Animals, 10(10), 1730. (doi: 10.3390/ani10101730)

Wigham, E.E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Grist, A., Mullan, S., Wotton, S. and Butterworth, A. (2020) Gender and job characteristics of slaughter industry personnel influence their attitudes to animal welfare. Animal Welfare, 29(3), pp. 313-322. (doi: 10.7120/09627286.29.3.313)

2019

Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Grist, Andrew, Mullan, Siobhan, Wotton, Stephen and Butterworth, Andrew (2019) The influence of welfare training on bird welfare and carcass quality in two commercial poultry primary processing plants. Animals, 9(8), 584. (doi: 10.3390/ani9080584) (PMID:31434301) (PMCID:PMC6719098)

2018

Wigham, Eleanor E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Butterworth, Andy and Wotton, Steve (2018) Assessing cattle welfare at slaughter – why is it important and what challenges are faced? Meat Science, 145, pp. 171-177. (doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2018.06.010) (PMID:29982070)

Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Butterworth, Andrew and Grist, Andrew (2018) Attitudes of Slaughter Industry Personnel Towards Animal Welfare. European Veterinary Congress of Behavioural Medicine and Animal Welfare, Berlin, Germany, 27-29 Sep 2018.

2017

Wigham, Eleanor E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Moxon, Rachel S., England, Gary C.W., Wood, James L.N. and Morters, Michelle K. (2017) Seasonality in oestrus and litter size in an assistance dog breeding colony in the United Kingdom. Veterinary Record, 181(14), 371. (doi: 10.1136/vr.104217) (PMID:28866610) (PMCID:PMC5738589)

Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Butterworth, Andrew and Wotton, Stephen (2017) Development of a Novel Welfare Assessment Protocol for Use in Cattle Slaughterhouses. 11th International Veterinary Behaviour Meeting, Samorin, Slovakia, 14-16 Sep 2017.

Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Wotton, Stephen, Grist, Andrew and Butterworth, Andrew (2017) The Challenge of Assessing Welfare in Abattoirs. UFAW International Symposium 2017: Measuring Animal Welfare and Applying Scientific Advances - Why is it still so difficult?, Surrey, UK, 27-29 Jun 2017.

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 17:37:29 2025 BST.
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Number of items: 14.

Articles

Wigham, Ellie E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745 and French, Megan (2025) Assessing the use of a mechanical rump pusher in a commercial cattle slaughter plant. Animal Welfare, 34, e35. (doi: 10.1017/awf.2025.10011)

Wigham, Eleanor E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Yusta, Noelia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-4375, Sweet, Sydney M., Francesca, Lauren, Dadios, Nikolaos and Nova, Rodrigo J. (2024) How do veterinary students perceive and prepare for compulsory slaughterhouse visits. Veterinary Record, 194(2), e3712. (doi: 10.1002/vetr.3712) (PMID:38111037)

McMahon, Sarah and Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745 (2020) ‘All Ears’: a questionnaire of 1516 owner perceptions of the mental abilities of pet rabbits, subsequent resource provision, and the effect on welfare. Animals, 10(10), 1730. (doi: 10.3390/ani10101730)

Wigham, E.E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Grist, A., Mullan, S., Wotton, S. and Butterworth, A. (2020) Gender and job characteristics of slaughter industry personnel influence their attitudes to animal welfare. Animal Welfare, 29(3), pp. 313-322. (doi: 10.7120/09627286.29.3.313)

Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Grist, Andrew, Mullan, Siobhan, Wotton, Stephen and Butterworth, Andrew (2019) The influence of welfare training on bird welfare and carcass quality in two commercial poultry primary processing plants. Animals, 9(8), 584. (doi: 10.3390/ani9080584) (PMID:31434301) (PMCID:PMC6719098)

Wigham, Eleanor E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Butterworth, Andy and Wotton, Steve (2018) Assessing cattle welfare at slaughter – why is it important and what challenges are faced? Meat Science, 145, pp. 171-177. (doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2018.06.010) (PMID:29982070)

Wigham, Eleanor E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Moxon, Rachel S., England, Gary C.W., Wood, James L.N. and Morters, Michelle K. (2017) Seasonality in oestrus and litter size in an assistance dog breeding colony in the United Kingdom. Veterinary Record, 181(14), 371. (doi: 10.1136/vr.104217) (PMID:28866610) (PMCID:PMC5738589)

Book Sections

Johnston, Pamela E.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2743-4525, Gray, Alexander, Weir, William ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-666X, Wigham, Eleanor ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Mercer, Alistair, McGuigan, Michael and Anderson, James (2022) Livestreaming can augment the observation of veterinary post-mortem examinations. In: Varsou, Ourania, Rea, Paul M. and Welsh, Michelle (eds.) Biomedical Visualisation: Volume 14 ‒ COVID-19 Technology and Visualisation Adaptations for Biomedical Teaching. Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology (1397). Springer: Cham, pp. 113-134. ISBN 9783031171345 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-17135-2_7)

Conference or Workshop Item

Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745 (2024) Abattoir Provision in Scotland and Opportunities for Mobile Slaughterhouses. HSA Seminar - Animal welfare during transport and slaughter – hot topics 2024, Edinburgh, UK, 26 October 2024.

Nova, Rodrigo, Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745 and Yusta, Noelia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-4375 (2024) Clinical Rotation Review: Reviewing and Updating the Veterinary Public Health Core Rotation and the One Health Approach. International Symposium of the Veterinary Schools Council (VetEd 2024), Dublin, Ireland, 3-5 July 2024.

Contadini, Francesca, Mateus, Ana, Yusta, Noelia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-4375, Dadios, Nikolaos and Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745 (2021) Academic-Industry Partnership for the Development and Implementation of a Novel Virtual Slaughterhouse Teaching Tool. VetEd Symposium 2021, 07-09 Jul 2021.

Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Butterworth, Andrew and Grist, Andrew (2018) Attitudes of Slaughter Industry Personnel Towards Animal Welfare. European Veterinary Congress of Behavioural Medicine and Animal Welfare, Berlin, Germany, 27-29 Sep 2018.

Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Butterworth, Andrew and Wotton, Stephen (2017) Development of a Novel Welfare Assessment Protocol for Use in Cattle Slaughterhouses. 11th International Veterinary Behaviour Meeting, Samorin, Slovakia, 14-16 Sep 2017.

Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Wotton, Stephen, Grist, Andrew and Butterworth, Andrew (2017) The Challenge of Assessing Welfare in Abattoirs. UFAW International Symposium 2017: Measuring Animal Welfare and Applying Scientific Advances - Why is it still so difficult?, Surrey, UK, 27-29 Jun 2017.

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 17:37:29 2025 BST.

Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Assessing the use of a mechanical rump pusher in a commercial cattle slaughter plant
    Humane Slaughter Assocation
    2024 - 2025