Data di Pubblicazione:
2009
Citazione:
Welfare problems in alpine dairy cattle farms in Alto Adige (Eastern Italian Alps) / S. Mattiello, C. Klotz, D. Baroli, M. Minero, V. Ferrante, E. Canali. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE. - ISSN 1594-4077. - 8:suppl. 2(2009), pp. 628-630. (Intervento presentato al 18. convegno Congress of the Scientific-Association-of-Animal-Production (ASPA) tenutosi a Palermo nel 2009).
Abstract:
The present investigation aims to highlight the main welfare problems of dairy cattle farms in Alto Adige (North Eastern Italy) by means of animal based indicators. The relationship between animal based and resource based (housing and management) indicators were investigated in order to obtain useful information for improving welfare levels in mountain husbandry systems. We highlighted some welfare problems, especially in tie-stalls, mainly related to stall and feed trough dimensions and design; however, in these situations good stockmenship seems to be able to compensate for structural lacks.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Dairy cattle; Mountain animal husbandry; Welfare and Behaviour; Lesions
Elenco autori:
S. Mattiello, C. Klotz, D. Baroli, M. Minero, V. Ferrante, E. Canali
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