Welfare assessment in traditional mountain dairy farms: above and beyond resource-based measures
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: alpine farming, animal welfare, animal-based measure, dairy cattle, small-scale farm, tie-stall system
2017
Confinement of sows for different periods during lactation: effects on behaviour and lesions of sows and performance of piglets
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: behaviour, farrowing crate, integument, loose-housing, sow
2015
Head partitions at the feed barrier affect behaviour of goats
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: body condition score, faecal cortisol metabolites, housing, small ruminants, social behaviour
2015
Factors influencing the welfare of goats in small established groups during the separation and reintegration of individuals
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: agonistic interactions, goat, grouping, isolation, loose-housing, social behaviour, stress
2013
Dairy Cow Behavior and Welfare Implications of Time Waiting Before Entry Into the Milking Parlor
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, dairy cow, stress
2012
Effect of mares’ dominance rank on suckling behaviour in the loose housed domestic horses
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: agonistic behaviour, domestic horses, dominance rank, loose-housing, suckling behaviour
2011
Can environmental variables replace some animal-based parameters in welfare assessment of dairy cows?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, animal-based parameters, assessment, dairy cows, environmental parameters, on-farm welfare
2007
Attempts to integrate different parameters into an overall picture of animal welfare using investigations in dairy loose houses as an example
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cow, index construction, loose-housing, parameter integration
2003