Reliability of categorical versus continuous scoring of welfare indicators: Lameness in cows as a case study

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 399-405

  Tuyttens, F A M ^a   Sprenger, M ^a   Van Nuffel, A ^a   Maertens, W ^a   Van Dongen, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cattle; Discrete scale; Gait; Repeatability; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 70449642817     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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