Assessment time of the Welfare Quality® protocol for dairy cattle

Animal Welfare

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-93

  De Vries, M ^a   Engel, B ^a   Den Uijl, I ^b   Van Schaik, G ^b   T Dijkstra, ^b   De Boer, I J M ^a   Bokkers, E A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dairy cows; On farm assessment; Prediction; Protocol; Welfare Quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DAIRY CATTLE; FEEDING; HERD; INTERVIEW; NONHUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE;

EID: 84873686024     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7120/09627286.22.1.085     Document Type: Article

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