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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: Optimizing outcome measures of welfare in dairy cattle assessment

Authors: E. Vasseur

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

Authors: Elise Shepley, Reneé Bergeron, Elsa Vasseur

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

Authors: E. Vasseur, J. Gibbons, J. Rushen, D. Pellerin, E. Pajor, D. Lefebvre, A. M. de Passillé

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

Authors: E. Vasseur, D. Pellerin, A. M. de Passill, C. Winckler, B. J. Lensink, U. Knierim, J. Rushen

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

Authors: Jean-Philippe Parent, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Elsa Vasseur, Renée Bergeron

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: hierarchy, pig, sow, stability, time

2012

A training programme to ensure high repeatability of injury scoring of dairy cows

Authors: J. Gibbons, E. Vasseur, J. Rushen, Passill de, A. M.

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

Authors: E. Vasseur, F. Borderas, R. I. Cue, D. Lefebvre, D. Pellerin, J. Rushen, K. M. Wade, A. M. de Passillé

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: calf, management, risk factor, welfare

2010

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