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View article: Farmers’ experiences of implementing cow-calf-contact systems on organic dairy farms
Farmers’ experiences of implementing cow-calf-contact systems on organic dairy farms Open
Most people are unaware of the common practice of separating dairy cows and calves shortly after birth, and when informed, often have a negative view of this practice. To better reflect the natural behavior of cows and calves, some dairy f…
View article: Towards an industry-wide, multilevel evaluation framework for pig meat inspection: potential applications and implementation challenges
Towards an industry-wide, multilevel evaluation framework for pig meat inspection: potential applications and implementation challenges Open
Meat inspection (MI) data can be useful as a monitoring tool of animal health and welfare on farm, thereby enhancing the sustainability and productivity of livestock. There is also concern about certain limitations of these data, primarily…
View article: Feeding a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fermentation Product to Mares in Late Gestation Alters the Biological Activity of Colostrum
Feeding a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fermentation Product to Mares in Late Gestation Alters the Biological Activity of Colostrum Open
The quality of equine colostrum is typically defined by refractometry or the concentration of maternal antibodies. However, the activity of other equine colostral bioactive molecules has not yet been investigated. This study analyzed wheth…
View article: Evaluation of laboratory and on-farm tests to estimate colostrum quality for dairy cows
Evaluation of laboratory and on-farm tests to estimate colostrum quality for dairy cows Open
The objectives of this study were to evaluate different analytical methods to determine colostrum quality in dairy cattle, including one laboratory-based method (ELISA) and 4 on-farm tests. We hypothesized that the colostral IgG concentrat…
View article: Bovine Udder Health: From Standard Diagnostic Methods to New Approaches—A Practical Investigation of Various Udder Health Parameters in Combination with 16S rRNA Sequencing
Bovine Udder Health: From Standard Diagnostic Methods to New Approaches—A Practical Investigation of Various Udder Health Parameters in Combination with 16S rRNA Sequencing Open
Bovine udder health is an important factor for animal wellbeing and the dairy farm economy. Thus, researchers aim to understand factors causing mastitis. The gold standard for diagnosing mastitis in cows is the conventional culturing of mi…
View article: Behavior of broilers and impacts occurring to them during mechanical loading under field conditions
Behavior of broilers and impacts occurring to them during mechanical loading under field conditions Open
Mechanical loading has been used increasingly in recent years alongside the manual loading of broilers. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of various factors on the behavior of broilers and the impacts occurring to broilers…
View article: Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Feather Pecking in Non-Beak-Trimmed Pullets and Laying Hens on Commercial Farms
Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Feather Pecking in Non-Beak-Trimmed Pullets and Laying Hens on Commercial Farms Open
Severe feather pecking (SFP) is a behavioral disorder, for which there are multifactorial reasons. Various aspects of pullet and laying-hen husbandry—including housing conditions, management, feeding, and genetics—must be considered, to pr…
View article: Individual plumage and integument scoring of laying hens on commercial farms: correlation with severe feather pecking and prognosis by visual scoring on flock level
Individual plumage and integument scoring of laying hens on commercial farms: correlation with severe feather pecking and prognosis by visual scoring on flock level Open
Various plumage and integument scoring methods are commonly used to deduce the occurrence of severe feather pecking and cannibalism in laying hens. The aim of our study was to provide evidence of correlations between the occurrence of seve…
View article: Exploring the Evacuation of Dairy Cattle at Night in Collaboration with the Fire Brigade: How to Prepare Openings for Swift Rescue in Case of Barn Fire
Exploring the Evacuation of Dairy Cattle at Night in Collaboration with the Fire Brigade: How to Prepare Openings for Swift Rescue in Case of Barn Fire Open
The aim of this study was to investigate the influencing factors of successfully rescuing year-round housed cattle in case of a barn fire. Empirical research indicates the reluctance of cattle to leave their familiar barn. Subsequent retre…
View article: Physiological and Behavioral Reactions of Simmental Dairy Cows to Increasing Heat Load on Pasture
Physiological and Behavioral Reactions of Simmental Dairy Cows to Increasing Heat Load on Pasture Open
Climate change is accompanied by temperatures exceeding the thermal comfort zone of dairy cows, resulting in numerous consequences for production and welfare. Early detection of heat load enables taking countermeasures and can be realized …
View article: Feather Pecking in Non-Beak-Trimmed and Beak-Trimmed Laying Hens on Commercial Farms with Aviaries
Feather Pecking in Non-Beak-Trimmed and Beak-Trimmed Laying Hens on Commercial Farms with Aviaries Open
Severe feather pecking (SFP) is a major animal welfare problem in layers. It results in pain and injuries in the affected animal. It was the aim of this study to gain insight into the actual pecking behavior of laying hens kept on commerci…
View article: Training and Validating a Machine Learning Model for the Sensor-Based Monitoring of Lying Behavior in Dairy Cows on Pasture and in the Barn
Training and Validating a Machine Learning Model for the Sensor-Based Monitoring of Lying Behavior in Dairy Cows on Pasture and in the Barn Open
Monitoring systems assist farmers in monitoring the health of dairy cows by predicting behavioral patterns (e.g., lying) and their changes with machine learning models. However, the available systems were developed either for indoors or fo…
View article: Evaluating the need for an animal welfare assurance programme in South Tyrolean dairy farming
Evaluating the need for an animal welfare assurance programme in South Tyrolean dairy farming Open
Animal welfare assurance is of great importance as dairy farming is recently under increasing pressure to meet societal and commercial expectations. Therefore, this study aims to determine the current welfare situation of dairy cattle hous…
View article: Inter-rater reliability of welfare outcome assessment by an expert and farmers of South Tyrolean dairy farming
Inter-rater reliability of welfare outcome assessment by an expert and farmers of South Tyrolean dairy farming Open
The implementation of an animal welfare assurance programme for dairy cattle in South Tyrol (Eastern Italian Alps) faces particular feasibility constraints due to the outstanding volume of travel associated with routine on-farm audits of r…
View article: The welfare impacts of mechanical and manual broiler catching and of circumstances at loading under field conditions
The welfare impacts of mechanical and manual broiler catching and of circumstances at loading under field conditions Open
Loading of broilers for transport to the processing plant poses a notable injury risk for broilers. Therefore, the poultry industry has developed mechanical methods as alternatives to manual loading methods. Our objective in the present st…
View article: Evaluation of different analytical methods to assess failure of passive transfer in neonatal calves
Evaluation of different analytical methods to assess failure of passive transfer in neonatal calves Open
The objective of this study was to evaluate different analytical methods of assessing failure of passive transfer (FPT) in neonatal calves. We hypothesized that 3 different media (i.e., centrifuged serum, centrifuged plasma, filtered plasm…
View article: Harvesting-induced stress in broilers: Comparison of a manual and a mechanical harvesting method under field conditions
Harvesting-induced stress in broilers: Comparison of a manual and a mechanical harvesting method under field conditions Open
Harvesting of broilers is a stressful event, whether done mechanically or manually. The use of harvesting machines might compromise animal welfare less than manual harvesting methods because it is less influenced by environmental and flock…
View article: Evaluation of 2 different treatment procedures after calving to improve harvesting of high-quantity and high-quality colostrum
Evaluation of 2 different treatment procedures after calving to improve harvesting of high-quantity and high-quality colostrum Open
The objective of this study was to evaluate 2 different treatment procedures at the first milking after calving to increase colostrum quantity and to improve colostrum quality in dairy cows. We hypothesized that either exogenous treatment …
View article: P81 Use of systemic antibiotics in Austrian children and adolescents: a survey
P81 Use of systemic antibiotics in Austrian children and adolescents: a survey Open
Background Several surveys that have assessed the use of antibiotic medicines for children and adolescents demonstrate significant heterogeneity in prescription patterns between different countries. The liberal use of antibacterial treatme…
View article: P101 Extending the Dutch Paediatric Formulary across Europe: successful development of country specific, parallel, paediatric drug formularies
P101 Extending the Dutch Paediatric Formulary across Europe: successful development of country specific, parallel, paediatric drug formularies Open
Backgrounds As many drugs in paediatrics are used of off-label, prescribers across Europe face a lack of evidence-based dosing guidelines. The Dutch Paediatric Formulary (DPF) was developed to provide dosing guidelines based on best availa…
View article: Impact of ad libitum milk feeding regarding weight gain and behaviour of Simmental calves
Impact of ad libitum milk feeding regarding weight gain and behaviour of Simmental calves Open
The aim of this study was to find out how ad libitum milk intake affects weight gain, drinking behavior and cross-sucking in simmental calves.Right after birth 97 simmental calves were assigned either to the control group (RES: restricted …
View article: Evaluation of a filter system to harvest plasma for identification of failure of passive transfer in newborn calves
Evaluation of a filter system to harvest plasma for identification of failure of passive transfer in newborn calves Open
The objective of this study was to evaluate a filter system to harvest plasma to assess failure of passive transfer (FPT) in newborn calves. Blood samples (n = 227) for serum and plasma harvesting were collected via jugular vein puncture f…
View article: Animal- and management-based welfare indicators for a conventional broiler strain in 2 barn types (Louisiana barn and closed barn)
Animal- and management-based welfare indicators for a conventional broiler strain in 2 barn types (Louisiana barn and closed barn) Open
The aim of this observational study was to describe health- and management-related welfare indicators for a conventional broiler strain housed in 2 barn types (Louisiana barn and closed barn) on the same farm and to assess the impact of ag…