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Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle

By Prof Marcia Endres & Emeritus Prof Donald M. Broom &
Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of dairy cattle by Prof Marcia Endres & Emeritus Prof Donald M. Broom &  digital book - Fable

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  • Particularly strong focus on understanding dairy cattle behaviour as the foundation for improving welfare in such areas as cognition and learning, pain and stress as well as social behaviour
  • Covers developments in more animal/outcome-based welfare indicators as well as advanced sensor, acoustic and video techniques for monitoring behaviour and welfare
  • Comprehensive review of welfare issues across the value chain, from calves and heifers to culling

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About Prof Marcia Endres

Dr Marcia Endres is Professor of Dairy Cattle Production at the University of Minnesota, USA. She is past-President of the Dairy Cattle Welfare Council as well as Chair of the International Precision Dairy Farming Organisation. Professor Endres is internationally renowned for her research on dairy cattle welfare and the use of precision farming technology in the dairy sector.

Emeritus Prof Donald M. Broom

Dr Maria Vilain Rørvang

Dr Christian Nawroth

Dr Kenneth M. D. Rutherford

Dr Ute Knierim

Dr Christoph Winckler

Dr Luc Mounier

Dr Isabelle Veissier

Prof Henk Hogeveen

Dr Henk Hogeveen is a Professor at Wageningen University and Research and Utrecht University, The Netherlands. He is a member of the IDF Standing Committee Animal Health and was chairman from 2008-2012. He has more than 200 peer reviewed scientific publications in highly ranked international journals and besides that many publications in scientific proceedings and trade journals. He is founder of the Association for Precision Dairy Farming and a a frequently asked speaker on conferences.

Dr Antoni Dalmau

Prof Nigel B. Cook

Dr Jennifer Van Os

Jennifer Van Os is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Animal Welfare on the faculty of the Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. The research in her lab at UW-Madison focuses on understanding, evaluating, and improving the welfare of dairy animals from a biological perspective.

Dr Julia Lomb

Dr Kathryn L. Proudfoot

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