Essays about: "register-based welfare indicators"

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  1. 1. Association between animal-based measures and register-based welfare indicators in dairy cows : a study of the advisory service "Ask the Cow" and the web report "Animal Welfare Signals"

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Emilia Wallberg; [2013]
    Keywords : dairy cows; animal-based measurements ; Ask the Cow ; register-based welfare indicators; resource-based measurements; Animal Welfare Signals; the Swedish Official Milk Recording Scheme; epidemiology; animal welfare;

    Abstract : Animal welfare can be measured in several different ways; for example by using animal-based measurements. It has been shown that register data from the Swedish Official Milk Recording Scheme can be helpful when identifying herds at risk of having poor animal welfare, which led to a development of the advisory service of ‘Ask the Cow’ and the web report ‘Animal Welfare Signals’. READ MORE