How Can We Assess Positive Welfare in Ruminants?
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, buffaloes, cattle, Five Domains, goats, positive indicators, ruminants, sheep
2019
Feasibility and validity of animal-based indicators for on-farm welfare assessment of thermal stress in dairy goats
Publication/Journal: International Journal of Biometeorology
Keywords: ambient-temperature, animal-based indicator, biophysics, cattle, cold, cold stress, comfort, dairy goat, environmental sciences, heat stress, low-temperatures, meteorology & atmospheric sciences, milk production, physiological-responses, physiology, sheep, thermal, thermoregulatory behavior, welfare assessment, winter
2016
On-farm Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dairy goats in different housing conditions
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy goat, indoor housing, inter-observer reliability, pasture, qualitative behaviour assessment
2016
Validity and feasibility of Human-Animal Relationship tests for on-farm welfare assessment in dairy goats
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: avoidance distance, behavioural tests, dairy goats, human-animal relationship, welfare assessment
2016
Hair coat condition: A valid and reliable indicator for on-farm welfare assessment in adult dairy goats
Publication/Journal: Small Ruminant Research
Keywords: goats, hair coat, health condition, welfare assessment
2015