Can environmental variables replace some animal-based parameters in welfare assessment of dairy cows?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-156

  Mülleder, Cornelia ^a   Troxler, J ^a   Laaha, G ^b   Waiblinger, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

Animal health; Animal welfare; Animal based parameters; Dairy cows; Environmental parameters; On farm welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; CARPAL JOINT; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; JOINT INJURY; LEG INJURY; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT; SOMATIC CELL; TARSAL JOINT;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34249050808     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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