Description and factors of variation of the overall health score in French dairy cattle herds using the Welfare Quality® assessment protocol

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 296-308

  Coignard, M ^a,b   Guatteo, R ^a,b   Veissier, I ^c,d   de Boyer des Roches, A ^c,d   Mounier, L ^c,d   Lehebel A ^a   Bareille, N ^a,b  

^a Epidemiology and Risk Analysis in Animal Health   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle herd; Factor of variation; Overall health score; Welfare assessment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRY CATTLE HERD; DAIRYING; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTOR OF VARIATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; METHODOLOGY; OVERALL HEALTH SCORE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WELFARE ASSESSMENT;

DAIRY CATTLE HERD; FACTOR OF VARIATION; OVERALL HEALTH SCORE; WELFARE ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886798620     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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