Animal Behavior and Wel-Being Symposium: Metrics for on-farm animal welfare assessment-Current state and future needs
Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science
Keywords: agriculture, dairy & animal science
2017
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
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: Poultry welfare assessments: Current use and limitations
Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science
Keywords: agriculture, broiler, dairy & animal science, indicators, keel bone damage, laying hen, laying hens, limitations, optical-flow, performance, stocking density, welfare assessments, welfare quality®
2017
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: The Common Swine Industry Audit: Future steps to assure positive on-farm animal welfare utilizing validated, repeatable and feasible animal-based measures
Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science
Keywords: agriculture, audit, dairy & animal science, euthanasia, finishing pigs, sows, swine, system, united-states, welfare
2017
Assessing dairy cow welfare at the beginning and end of the indoor period using the Welfare Quality® protocol
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, pasturing, welfare assessment, welfare quality®
2017
The behaviour of housed dairy cattle with and without pasture access: A review
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, dairy cattle, indoor housing, pasture, precision livestock farming, technologies
2017
Contact with cows during the young age increases social competence and lowers the cardiac stress reaction in dairy calves
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: alternative calf rearing, confrontation, dairy calves, dam rearing, isolation, stress reactivity
2017
Dairy goats prefer to use different flooring types to perform different behaviours
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bacteriology, bedding, behaviour, flooring, preference, welfare
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
Designing Better Water Troughs: Does Trough Color Influence Dairy Cows’ Preference?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: color, cow, drinker, preference, water
2017