A new feeding concept offering speciesappropriate animal enrichment and visitor attraction at the same time

Authors: Viktoria Michel, Marcus Clauss, Dennis WH Müller, Sven Hammer

Publication/Journal: Der Zoologische Garten NF

Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interactions, visitor feeding experience

2021

The Welfare Quality® assessment protocol: how can it be adapted to family farming dual purpose cattle raised under extensive systems in tropical conditions?

Authors: A. Hernandez, C. Berg, S. Eriksson, L. Edstam, A. Orihuela, H. Leon, C. Galina

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, bos indicus, bos taurus, dual purpose cows, sustainability, tropics

2017

Acoustic analysis of cattle (Bos taurus) mother–offspring contact calls from a source–filter theory perspective

Authors: Mónica Padilla de la Torre, Elodie F. Briefer, Tom Reader, Alan G. McElligott

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, calf, cow, individuality, livestock, vocal communication

2015

Measuring positive emotions in cows: Do visible eye whites tell us anything?

Authors: Helen S. Proctor, Gemma Carder

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: affective states, arousal, cattle, eye whites, positive emotions, welfare assessment

2015

Personality and production: Nervous cows produce less milk

Authors: Louise Hedlund, Hanne Løvlie

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: bos taurus, dairy cattle, neophobia, temperament, vocalization

2015

Effect of varying dietary starch and fiber levels and inoculum source (mule deer vs. dairy cow) on simulated rumen fermentation characteristics

Authors: Matthew A. Brooks, Robyn M. Harvey, Nichole F. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Monty S. Kerley

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bos taurus, ndf, odocoileus hemionus, ruminant, volatile fatty acid

2014

Shrink and mortality of beef cattle during long distance transportation

Authors: B. Teke

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, dressing percentage, road transport, thermal stress, weight loss

2013

The effects of driving events on the stability and resting behaviour of cattle, young calves and pigs

Authors: M. S. Cockram, J. Y. Spence

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, calves, cattle, pigs, transport

2012

The effect of management system on mortality and other welfare indicators in Pennsylvania dairy herds

Authors: C. D. Dechow, E. A. Smith, R. C. Goodling

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, culling, dairy cattle, housing, management, mortality

2011

Graded leadership by dominant animals in a herd of female beef cattle on pasture

Authors: Radka Sárová, Marek Spinka, José L. Arias Panamá, Petr Simecek

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bos taurus, cattle, dominance, foraging, gps, group movement, leadership

2010