Abstract
On a dairy farm, welfare is a main issue. An increase in welfare is correlated with a higher milk yield (Van Eerdenburg et al., 2013). Measuring welfare in an overall, objective, way has been the subject of discussion for a long period of time and still is. The Welfare Quality welfare assessment protocol® (WQ) was published in 2009 and should solve this issue. However, the protocol is quite intensive and it takes a long time (up to a day) to assess a farm. Several other protocols haven been designed and published that do not require a full day for a single farm and these have been compared with WQ.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 6th International conference of Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and group Level |
| Editors | L Mournier, E. Veissier |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Sept 2014 |
| Event | 6th International conference of Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and group Level - Clermont Ferrand, France Duration: 3 Sept 2014 → 5 Sept 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | 6th International conference of Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and group Level |
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| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Clermont Ferrand |
| Period | 3/09/14 → 5/09/14 |