The welfare of dairy buffalo

The welfare of dairy buffalo

The present paper addresses the issue of buffalo welfare. Firstly, the biological characteristics and behavioural needs of buffalo are considered. Subsequently, the effects of intensive farming and some animalrelated indicators, to be used for a monitoring scheme of buffalo welfare at farm level, ar...

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Main Authors:	Christoph Winckler, Fabio Napolitano, Corrado Pacelli, Fernando Grasso, Giuseppe De Rosa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
Series:	Italian Journal of Animal Science
Subjects:	Dairy buffalo, Welfare, Animal-based indicators, Monitoring system.
Online Access:	http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/57

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