Exploring the value of routinely collected herd data for estimating dairy cattle welfare

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 715-730

  de Vries, M ^a   Bokkers, E A M ^a   van Schaik, G ^b   Engel, B ^a   Dijkstra, T ^b   de Boer, I J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Herd data; Monitoring; Welfare Quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; BOVINE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84892669162     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-6585     Document Type: Article

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