Lyn Forster
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Lyn is a PhD student in the Centre for Animal Welfare researching the welfare implications of amputation in cats.
Biography
Lyn qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 2006 from the Royal Veterinary College. After 14 months in small animal practice in Essex, she returned to the RVC to complete a junior clinical training scholarship in anaesthesia at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. She started her PhD at the RVC at the end of 2008.
Research
Lyn's research is primarily looking into the possible existence of phantom phenomena in amputee cats and the welfare implications of amputation in this species. Her work is focussed on pet cats that undergo limb amputation following illness or injury, non-invasive methods of assessing impacts upon welfare and ways in which the advice owners receive in such cases could be further improved. She is supervised by Sandra Corr (University of Nottingham), Christopher Wathes (RVC) and Claire Bessant (Feline Advisory Bureau).
Selected Publications
L.M. Forster, C.M. Wathes, C. Bessant, S.A. Corr (2010). Owners' observations of domestic cats after limb amputation. The Veterinary Record 167(19): 734-9.