Catherine Douglas And Peter Rowlinson Of Newcastle University Win Ig® Nobel Prize

For achievements that first make people LAUGH then make them THINK Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, won the Veterinary Prize, for showing that cows who have names give more milk than cows that are nameless. REFERENCE: "Exploring Stock Managers' Perceptions of the Human-Animal Relationship on Dairy Farms and an Association with Milk Production," Catherine Bertenshaw [Douglas] and Peter Rowlinson, Anthrozoos, vol. 22, no. 1, March 2009, pp. 59-69. DOI: 10.2752/175303708X390473. WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY: Peter Rowlinson. Catherine Douglas was unable to travel because she recently gave birth; she sent a photo of herself, her new daughter dressed in a cow suit, and a cow.

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