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Biography
Amelia completed her veterinary degree in 2000 in Spain and moved shortly after that to the UK to work as Official Veterinarian, undertaking inspection and enforcement duties in different abattoirs and cutting plants. In the area of public health Amelia has also worked as food quality manager, food safety consultant and field veterinarian for disease control of bovine tuberculosis and ovine brucellosis. Amelia joined the 糖心原创 in 2014, where she currently work as associate professor in Veterinary Public Health (VPH), VPH module convenor and One health One Welfare rotation leader, as well as VPH sub-dean. Amelia is particularly interested in public perceptions around Animal Welfare and Food safety and Animal Welfare at tarnsport and at slaughter.
Expertise Summary
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1901-8553 Publications: White, C., Murdoch, J., Napier, E. and Garcia-Ara, A., 2026. UK farmers opinions and challenges regarding fitness for transport and emergency slaughter. Frontiers in Animal Science, 7, p.1827413. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/animal-science/articles/10.3389/fanim.2026.1827413/full
Chandarana, P., Rickaby, R., Sonnex, K., Allegrucci, C. and Garcia-Ara, A., 2024. Student Co-creation of Digital Learning Resources: An evaluation and reflection of veterinary pharmacy and care home pharmacy interprofessional education packages. Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal, 5(2), pp.203-227. https://sehej.raise-network.com/raise/article/view/1201
Garcia鈥怉ra, A., Sandoval鈥怋arron, E. and Seguino, A., 2023. Survey of students' learning experience using a virtual slaughterhouse simulator in three UK veterinary schools during the COVID鈥�19 pandemic. Veterinary Record, 193(6), pp.no-no.
Tetlow, S.A., Brennan, M.L. and Garcia鈥怉ra, A., 2022. Welfare indicators for stunning versus non鈥恠tunning slaughter in sheep and cattle: A scoping review. Veterinary Record, p.e1739. https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/vetr.1739
Soare, C., Garcia-Ara, A., Seguino, A., Uys, M. and Thomas, L.F., 2021. Maximising Societal Benefit From the Control of Neglected Zoonoses: Identifying Synergies and Trade-Offs in the Control of Taenia solium. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865387/
Skelhorn EPG, Garcia-Ara A, Nova RJ, Kinston H, Wapenaar W. (2020) Public opinion and perception of ros茅 veal in the UK. Meat Sci. 2020 Sep;167:108032. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.108032. Epub 2019 Dec 16. PMID: 32408233. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32408233/ Hanley, J., Garcia-Ara, A., Wapenaar, W. (2019) Cattle and sheep farmers' opinions on the provision and use of abattoir rejection data in the United Kingdom. Veterinary Record Published Online First: 26 November 2019. doi: 10.1136/vr.105162 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31771996/
Garcia-Ara, A and Nova RJ. Zoonosis en los estudiantes de la Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad de Nottingham (non-peer reviewed). "Hygia" Veterinary magazine No 2, March 2020. Pages 32-35. https://www.portalveterinaria.com/pdfjs/web/viewer.php?file=%2Fupload%2Friviste%2FHYGIA2_MR.pdf Other
Teaching Summary
Amelia teaches Veterinary Public Health, specifically the topics related to official controls, animal welfare at slaughter and food safety throughout the undergarduate course.
Recent Publications
2026. Frontiers in Animal Science: Animal Welfare and POlicy.
2024. Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal.
2023. Veterinary Record.
TETLOW, SKY A. J., BRENNAN, MARNIE L. and GARCIA-ARA, AMELIA, 2022. Welfare indicators for stunning versus non-stunning slaughter in sheep and cattle: A scoping review VETERINARY RECORD. 191(6),