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An on-farm investigation of beef suckler herds using an animal welfare index (AWI)

BACKGROUND: Beef suckler farms (194 farms throughout 13 counties) were assessed once with housed cattle and once with cattle at grass using an animal welfare index (AWI). Twenty-three of the 194 farms were revisited a year later and re-evaluated using the AWI and the Tier-Gerechtheits-Index 35L/2000...

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Autores principales: Mazurek, Mickael, Prendiville, Daniel J, Crowe, Mark A, Veissier, Isabelle, Earley, Bernadette
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022571/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21144023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-6-55