The Welfare of CattleAnimal welfare is attracting increasing interest worldwide, but particularly from those in developed countries, who now have the knowledge and resources to be able to offer the best management systems for their farm animals, as well as potentially being able to offer plentiful resources for companion, zoo and laboratory animals. The increased attention given to farm animal welfare in the West derives largely from the fact that the relentless pursuit of financial reward and efficiency has led to the development of intensive animal production systems that challenge the conscience of many consumers in those countries. In developing countries, human survival is still a daily uncertainty, so that provision for animal welfare has to be balanced against human welfare. Welfare is usually provided for only if it supports the output of the animal, be it food, work, clothing, sport or companionship. In re- ity, there are resources for all if they are properly husbanded in both developing and developed countries. The inequitable division of the world’s riches creates physical and psychological poverty for humans and animals alike in many parts of the world. Livestock are the world’s biggest land user (FAO, 2002) and the population is increasing rapidly to meet the need of an expanding human population. Populations of farm animals managed by humans are therefore increasing worldwide, and there is the tendency to allocate fewer resources to each animal. |
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... higher level of welfare, when they were presented with a variety of information about the state of the cows on the two farms. The results show that with appropriate techniques, people with experience in animal welfare are capable of ...
... higher level of welfare, when they were presented with a variety of information about the state of the cows on the two farms. The results show that with appropriate techniques, people with experience in animal welfare are capable of ...
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... higher than the incidence, since the latter is based only on new cases, whereas measures of prevalence will include all cases (new and ongoing). However, many illnesses of cattle are relatively short lasting and in such cases measures ...
... higher than the incidence, since the latter is based only on new cases, whereas measures of prevalence will include all cases (new and ongoing). However, many illnesses of cattle are relatively short lasting and in such cases measures ...
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... higher rates of mastitis among the farms that did not agree to participate in a study of dairy cow health problems. Thus, farms excluded because of poor or unreliable records may have poorer levels of animal welfare than those included ...
... higher rates of mastitis among the farms that did not agree to participate in a study of dairy cow health problems. Thus, farms excluded because of poor or unreliable records may have poorer levels of animal welfare than those included ...
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... higher death rates of dairy-beef calves suggests problems associated with the care of these animals, such as inadequate colostrum intake and protection from cold weather during and after transport (Moore et al., 2002). Mortality rates ...
... higher death rates of dairy-beef calves suggests problems associated with the care of these animals, such as inadequate colostrum intake and protection from cold weather during and after transport (Moore et al., 2002). Mortality rates ...
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... higher than the incidence of lameness: Manske et al. (2002) reported that on average 70% of cows on Swedish dairy farms suffered from some form of hoof lesion but this varied from 18% to 98% between different farms; Vaarst et al. (1998) ...
... higher than the incidence of lameness: Manske et al. (2002) reported that on average 70% of cows on Swedish dairy farms suffered from some form of hoof lesion but this varied from 18% to 98% between different farms; Vaarst et al. (1998) ...
Contents
15 | |
Stress and Physiological | 43 |
Animal Behaviour | 70 |
Acute or ShortTerm Challenges to Animal Welfare | 115 |
Housing for Adult Cattle | 142 |
Housing for Growing Animals | 181 |
Feeding and Nutrition 21 1 | 211 |
Stockmanship and the Interactions | 229 |
Conclusions | 254 |
Index | 305 |
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