ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: Optimizing outcome measures of welfare in dairy cattle assessment
Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science
Keywords: agriculture, animal behavior, animal welfare, animal well-being, assessing lameness, assessment, behavior, cattle, cows, dairy, dairy & animal science, ensure high repeatability, farm, herds, lesions, lying, outcome measure, prevalence, time, training-program
2017
Daytime summer access to pasture vs. free-stall barn in dairy cows with year-long outdoor experience: A case study
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: dairy cows, experienced grazer, pasture, year-long outdoor access
2017
An assessment tool to help producers improve cow comfort on their farms
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: assessment tool, dairy cow comfort, freestall, tiestall
2015
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
Stability of social hierarchy in growing female pigs and pregnant sows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
2012
A training programme to ensure high repeatability of injury scoring of dairy cows
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cow, injury, inter-observer reliability, training, welfare assessment
2012
A survey of dairy calf management practices in Canada that affect animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: calf, management, risk factor, welfare
2010