Does animal welfare influence dairy farm efficiency? A two-stage approach

Authors: J. J. Allendorf, P. J. C. Wettemann

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, calving intervals, cows, dairy & animal science, dairy farm, data envelopment analysis, determinants, disorders, efficiency, food science & technology, lameness, milk production, nonparametric frontier models, profitability, technical, technical efficiency

2015

Behavioural changes in dairy cows with lameness in an automatic milking system

Authors: Giuliana G. Miguel-Pacheco, Jasmeet Kaler, John Remnant, Lydia Cheyne, Caroline Abbott, Andrew P. French, Tony P. Pridmore, Jonathan N. Huxley

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: automatic milking system, feeding, lameness, milking visits, rumination

2014

Docking the value of pigmeat? Prevalence and financial implications of welfare lesions in Irish slaughter pigs

Authors: S. Harley, L. A. Boyle, N. E. O'Connell, S. J. More, D. L. Teixeira, A. Hanlon

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, carcase, economics, meat inspection, pig, tail-biting

2014

Attitudes of Canadian beef producers toward animal welfare

Authors: J. M. Spooner, C. A. Schuppli, D. Fraser

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, beef, canada, qualitative, values

2012

Economic evaluation of high welfare indoor farrowing systems for pigs

Authors: J. H. Guy, P. J. Cain, Y. M. Seddon, E. M. Baxter, S. A. Edwards

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, economics, farrowing, housing systems, husbandry, pig

2012

Memory and foraging theory: chimpanzee utilization of optimality heuristics in the rank-order recovery of hidden foods

Authors: Ken Sayers, Charles R. Menzel

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: communication, evolutionary ecology, handling time, movement ecology, prey encounter, primate cognition

2012

Salmon Fishing by Bears and the Dawn of Cooperative Predation

Authors: Stephen F. Stringham

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: black bear, onchorynchous, optimal foraging, salmon, ursus americanus

2012

Transportation of beef cattle to slaughterhouses and how this relates to animal welfare and carcase bruising in an extensive production system

Authors: S. M. Huertas, A. D. Gil, J. M. Piaggio, F. J. C. M. van Eerdenburg

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, beef cattle, carcase damage, extensive production system, meat quality, transport

2010

The Importance of Interactions Among Nutrition, Seasonality and Socio-sexual Factors in the Development of Hormone-free Methods for Controlling Fertility

Authors: R. J. Scaramuzzi, G. B. Martin

Publication/Journal: Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental management, fertility, human health, nutrition, seasonality, socio-sexual factors

2008