Animal health and welfare state and technical efficiency of dairy farms: possible synergies
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cows, data envelopment analysis, malmquist index, on-farm assessment, welfare quality®
2019
Assessing animal welfare at the farm level: do we care sufficiently about the individual?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, group measures, individual measures, on-farm assessment, purpose, welfare improvement
2019
Important role of dominance in allogrooming behaviour in beef cattle
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: allogrooming, beef cattle, dominance, reciprocity, social hierarchy, social network analysis
2016
Application of the Welfare Quality protocol to dairy buffalo farms: Prevalence and reliability of selected measures
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: agriculture, behavior, bubalus-bubalis, cattle, cows, dairy & animal science, dairy buffalo, food science & technology, housing system, milk, parameters, protein, welfare monitoring, welfare quality®
2015
Effectiveness of animal health and welfare planning in dairy herds: a review
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, costs, dairy cows, improvement strategies, non-monetary benefits, on-farm welfare assessment
2015
Intra-day variation of Qualitative Behaviour Assessment outcomes in dairy cattle
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, observation time, qualitative behaviour assessment, reliability, welfare quality®
2015
Long-term familiarity creates preferred social partners in dairy cows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: dairy cattle, nearest neighbour, preferential relationship, social behaviour
2015
Agreement between different sleep states and behaviour indicators in dairy cows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behavioural sleep, dairy cows, eeg, nrem sleep, rem sleep
2014
Mapping farm animal welfare education at university level in Europe
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal science, animal welfare, europe, farm animals, university education, veterinary medicine
2014
Assessing the welfare of dairy calves: outcome-based measures of calf health versus input-based measures of the use of risky management practices
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy calves, health, management, on-farm assessment, producers' attitude
2012