Welfare Assessment and Enhancement

Wednesday, 8 July 2009 09:10 - 10:30, Hall A

Chair Donald M Broom Cambridge UniversityUnited Kingdom
Relationship between metabolic – related production diseases and feeding behavior characteristics of dairy cows in early lactation
  • Otto Kaufmann, Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture, Div. of Animal Husbandry Systems and Technology, Germany
Automated measurement of feeding behavior to detect illness in milk-fed calves
  • Jeffrey P Rushen, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, BC, Canada
Validation of a novel data logger for recording lying behaviour of dairy cows and its application on robotic milking farms
  • Simone Helmreich, Federal Veterinary Office, Centre for Proper Housing of Ruminants and Pigs, ART Tänikon, 8356 Ettenhausen, Switzerland
How hot is too hot? A cow's view
  • Lindsay R Matthews, AgResearch, New Zealand
Dairy cows will work for access to shelter from wind and rain
  • Adele A Arnold, New Zealand
Hunger in pregnant sows; the effect of fibre diet and free access to straw
  • Lene J Pedersen, Aarhus University, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Denmark., Denmark