Sara Prims obtained her Master in Biomedical Sciences: Neurosciences from the University of Antwerp in 2013. She is currently working as a PhD student investigating the value of saliva and hair to assess a piglet’s welfare state. Before this, she was involved in evaluating different management and weaning strategies used in pork production by investigating the gut-associated lymphoid tissue. She was also involved in VLAIO project HBC.2016.0786, entitled "Introduction and optimization of innovative rearing concepts for resilient piglets".