ReviewFrontiers in veterinary science2019
An Appraisal of Methods for Measuring Welfare of Grazing Ruminants.
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- Behaviour Indicators of Animal Welfare in Purebred and Crossbred Yearling Beef Reared in Optimal Environmental Conditions.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Physiological response of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) during stalking hunts depending on age.BMC veterinary research · 2023Article
- Varied diets: implications for lamb performance, rumen characteristics, total antioxidant status, and welfare.Journal of animal science · 2021Article
- Effects of Compost-Bedded Pack Barn on Circulating Cortisol and Beta-Endorphins in Dairy Cows: A Case Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Daytime Grazing in Mountainous Areas Increases Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Decreases Cortisol in the Milk of Holstein Dairy Cows.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Precision Technologies to Address Dairy Cattle Welfare: Focus on Lameness, Mastitis and Body Condition.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- Functional diversity vs. monotony: the effect of a multiforage diet as opposed to a single forage diet on animal intake, performance, welfare, and urinary nitrogen excretion.Journal of animal science · 2021Article
- Developing an Animal Welfare Assessment Protocol for Cows in Extensive Beef Cow-Calf Systems in New Zealand. Part 1: Assessing the Feasibility of Identified Animal Welfare Assessment Measures.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Use of a Tri-Axial Accelerometer Can Reliably Detect Play Behaviour in Newborn Calves.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- How Dietary Diversity Enhances Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well-Being in Grazing Ruminants.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Review
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Abstract
Although disturbances in body function of animals can be measured to determine whether a state of stress may exist, there is growing interest in finding ways to assess their emotional status as an indicator of good or bad welfare status. Generally it is easier to determine poor states of well-being than positive ones. For grazing ruminants some indicators of well-being include absence of illness, good growth and productivity, and longevity. Motion detectors can provide automated remote monitoring of behavior and it is likely that there will be advances in the interpretation software to increase the utility of this technology for assessing well-being. Cortisol levels in body fluids, feces and pelage are prominent as a marker of poor animal welfare, but like many of the other objective measures that are used, are not wholly reliable at the individual animal level. These other measures include: plasma serotonin, heart rate variation, infra-red thermography, cytokines, salivary alpha amylase, and acute phase proteins. Use of automated facial expression recognition may supplement electrophysiological recording as means to quantify the pain experience of animals. Although the measures described in the literature do not necessarily provide the final answer for determination of welfare in grazing ruminants, they all have some merit and deserve further investigation.
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