Time-Consuming, but Necessary: A Wide Range of Measures Should Be Included in Welfare Assessments for Dairy Herds
Animal welfare assessments that measure welfare outcomes, including behavior and health, can be highly valid. However, the time and skill required are major barriers to their use. We explored whether feasibility of welfare outcome assessment for dairy herds may be improved by rationalizing the numbe...
Main Authors: | Sophie Collins, Charlotte C. Burn, Christopher M. Wathes, Jacqueline M. Cardwell, Yu-Mei Chang, Nicholas J. Bell |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-11-01
|
Series: | Frontiers in Animal Science |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fanim.2021.703380/full |
Similar Items
-
On-FarmWelfare Assessment Protocol for Adult Dairy Goats in Intensive Production Systems
by: Monica Battini, et al.
Published: (2015-09-01) -
Screening of selected indicators of dairy cattle welfare in Macedonia
by: Miroslav Radeski, et al.
Published: (2015-03-01) -
Welfare of dairy cattle in summer and winter – a comparison of organic and conventional herds in a farm network in Germany
by: Schulz, Franziska, et al.
Published: (2020-12-01) -
Animal Welfare and Farmers' Satisfaction in Small-Scale Dairy Farms in the Eastern Alps: A “One Welfare” Approach
by: Chiara Spigarelli, et al.
Published: (2021-11-01) -
Welfare assessment on dairy cattle farms in Eastern Croatia
by: Eberhart Nicole L., et al.
Published: (2019-01-01)