Housing and management conditions are expected to affect dairy cattle welfare. The animals could experience pain or distress as a result of widely accepted management practices, and possibly suffer being kept under apparently “unnatural” conditions. The animal welfare assessment requires the use of multiple indicators in order to analyse the heterogeneity of aspects involved. The aim of this study was to compare animal welfare of dairy cows reared in tie-stall and open-stall system by means of metabolic, immunological and stress related parameters.
Welfare parameters in dairy cows reared in tie-stall and open-stall farming systems / Benvenuti, Maria Novella; Giuliotti, Lorella; Lotti, Claudia; Accorsi, Pier Attilio; Adele, Petrulli C.; Martini, Andrea. - STAMPA. - (2016), pp. 283-283. (Intervento presentato al convegno The 29th World Buiatrics Congress, Dublin 2016 tenutosi a Dublino nel 3-8 July).
Welfare parameters in dairy cows reared in tie-stall and open-stall farming systems
LOTTI, CLAUDIA;MARTINI, ANDREA
2016
Abstract
Housing and management conditions are expected to affect dairy cattle welfare. The animals could experience pain or distress as a result of widely accepted management practices, and possibly suffer being kept under apparently “unnatural” conditions. The animal welfare assessment requires the use of multiple indicators in order to analyse the heterogeneity of aspects involved. The aim of this study was to compare animal welfare of dairy cows reared in tie-stall and open-stall system by means of metabolic, immunological and stress related parameters.
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