Inter- and intra-observer reliability of experienced and inexperienced observers for the Qualitative Behaviour Assessment in dairy cattle

Animal Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-318

  Bokkers, E A M ^a   De Vries, M ^a   Antonissen, I C M A ^a   De Boer, I J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cattle; Qualitative Behaviour Assessment; Reliability; Repeatability; Welfare Quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84864850647     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.21.3.307     Document Type: Article

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