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 both identifying weak points in animal welfare and grading farms to such extent. The basic principle of the method was the avoidance of animal h...

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Main Authors: Igino Andrighetto, Giulio Cozzi, Barbara Contiero, Marta Brscic, Flaviana Gottardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/73