A survey of Australian dairy farmers to investigate animal welfare risks associated with increasing scale of production

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 5330-5338

  Beggs, D S ^a   Fisher, A D ^a   Jongman, E C ^a   Hemsworth, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal health; Animal welfare; Dairy farm; Herd size

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; AUSTRALIA; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84937522671     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-9239     Document Type: Article

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