On-farm welfare assessment in cattle: Validity, reliability and feasibility issues and future perspectives with special regard to the Welfare Quality® approach

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 451-458

  Knierim, U ^a   Winckler, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cattle; Certification; Reliability; Validity; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL WELFARE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CATTLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FARMING SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; LICKING; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; RELIABILITY; TRAINING; VALIDITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 70449688261     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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