Essays about: "dairy cattle welfare"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 43 essays containing the words dairy cattle welfare.

  1. 11. Bete för mjölkkor under nordliga förhållanden : påverkan på mjölkavkastning och mjölksammansättning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden

    Author : Theodor Eriksson; [2021]
    Keywords : bete; mjölkavkastning; mjölkkor; mjölkproduktion; mjölksammansättning;

    Abstract : Bete har visats ha positiva effekter på mjölkkors hälsa och livslängd. Svensk djurskyddslag innehåller ett lagstadgat beteskrav för nötkreatur som bland annat omfattar mjölkkor. READ MORE

  3. 12. The ethical price for dairy

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Katrin Bauer; [2021]
    Keywords : animal ethics; dairy industry; Europe;

    Abstract : In the 21st century people in modern society within Europe are used to go to a supermarket to buy groceries of daily need. Everything is easily available and affordable and barely anyone is aware of the production of their consumed goods, their origin and unpleasant side effects. READ MORE

  4. 13. Konsumenters inställning till ett slopat beteskrav : en enkätstudie

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Gulli Gustafsson; [2021]
    Keywords : pasture; dairy cow; welfare; outdoor access; consumer attitudes;

    Abstract : There are three primary behaviours that cattle spend most of their time with; ruminating, resting and grazing. According to the Swedish animal welfare legislation, animals must be kept and cared for in a good environment. The legislation requires cattle to go on pasture, except calves and bulls. READ MORE

  5. 14. Lying behaviour of lactating dairy cows in a cow-calf contact system

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Claire Sydney Wegner; [2021]
    Keywords : cow-calf contact system; dairy cattle; lying behaviour; welfare;

    Abstract : Conventional dairy farming practices usually involve the early separation of calves from their dams. Cow-calf contact (CCC) systems may offer an alternative rearing solution that allows for the expression of natural behaviours, such as suckling and bonding. READ MORE

  6. 15. Changes in bull breeding during the years : a comparison between 1950 and 1980/90 century

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Moa Hagelberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Bulls; breeding; SNP; traits; decades; production; health; SLB; Holstein; SRB;

    Abstract : Breeding on bulls have occurred during many decades in the same way as it has for dairy cattle. Both the sire and dams that are being used during the selection breeding have been tested through genomic selection to see their value for each trait, for the dams this has been started more recently than for the bulls. READ MORE