The use of rbST is prohibited in several states like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Israel as well as the European Union, because of the reported animal welfare concerns, in particular related to increased mastitis cases in treated dairy cows (EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)...
During 2 visits (before and after training) a survey was administered to identify management practices in place that concern dairy cow welfare and BQA, and an attempt was made to evaluate every lactating cow for BCS and locomotion score. The number of measures in place to avoid residues in ...
Impact of Agricultural Credit on Cotton Yield and Welfare of Tenants A case Study of Gezira Scheme This study was conducted in the Gezira Scheme which is largest cotton production Scheme in the Sudan. Cotton represents the major cash crop in the Sudan. The study is an attempt to investigate ...
Towards the creation of a welfare assessment system in intensive beef cattle farms This study aimed to develop an assessment scheme for the evaluation at farm level of beef cattle welfare in the intensive rearing system that is capable of... F Gottardo,M Brscic,B Contiero,... - 《Italian ...
A scheme for path analysis of SNP effects for five milk-related traits. MY: milk yield; pH: milk pH; LACT: lactose; SCS: somatic cell score; NCN: casein (expressed as % of total milk N). The blue arrows indicate the direction of relationship according to the learned causal structure. ...
In practice, I think milk will be made in vats before virgin (or lifetime post-pregnancy) lactation, but it's one area where I'd expect a welfare improvement from really advanced breeding/genetic engineering. That would enable something close to competitive no-kill, no-baby-taking dairy. Ja...
Nowadays, different types of farm management information systems (FMIS) are being used in practice in several sectors of farming, such as dairy, arable, fruits, vegetables, and meat farming. The goal of this research is to identify, evaluate, and synthes
Lameness is a painful clinical condition of the bovine locomotor system that results in alterations of movement. Together with mastitis and infertility, lameness is the main welfare, health, and production problem found in intensive dairy farms worldwide
Implementing the J-Credit Scheme Benefits for Dairy Farmers, the Meiji Group, the Ajinomoto Group, People, and Cows Going Forward Innovating Sustainability As the global population surges, so does the demand for protein-rich diets. This increase in demand has led to concerns about the environmental...
(2021b). Furthermore, higher body weight and improved status at transport are likely to largely contribute to better health and welfare of these calves at the beef fattening unit as highlighted by Winder et al. (2016) and Renaud et al. (2018). Suboptimal status at transport, long transport...