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Welfare indicators for dairy cows in the Northwest of Portugal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

S. R. Silva ,
A. Silvestre ,
A. Lourenço ,
C. Neves  and
J. Almeida
S. R. Silva*
Affiliation:
CECAV-UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
A. Silvestre
Affiliation:
CECAV-UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
A. Lourenço
Affiliation:
CECAV-UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
C. Neves
Affiliation:
CECAV-UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
J. Almeida
Affiliation:
CECAV-UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal
*
Email:ssilva@utad.pt
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In Portugal there is an increasing interest in animal welfare studies directed mainly to the improvement of the housing systems. It is recognised that housing is an important factor that affect the behaviour, the production and the health of dairy cattle (Bowell et al., 2003). However, in Portugal few data on the welfare of dairy cattle are available. Therefore this study aimed to determine some housing, health and other welfare indicators in dairy farms in Northwest of Portugal.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2008 , 2008 , pp. 160
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2008

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Bowell, V.A., Rennie, L.J., Tierney, G., Lawrence, A.B., and Haskell, M.J. 2003. Animal Welfare. 12, 547–552.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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