Reliability of a subjective lamess scoring system for dairy cows

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-129

  Brenninkmeyer, C ^a   Dippel, S ^b   March, S ^c   Brinkmann, J ^c   Winckler, C ^b   Knierim, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cattle; Lameness scoring; Observer agreement; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FARMING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34249035222     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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