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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021

A Results-Oriented Approach for the Animal Welfare Measure of the European Union's Rural Development Programme.

Angela Bergschmidt, Solveig March, Kathrin Wagner, Jan Brinkmann

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors.

Angela BergschmidtThünen Institute of Farm Economics, Bundesallee 63, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany.
Solveig MarchThünen Institute of Organic Farming, Trenthorst 32, 23847 Westerau, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0304-3121
Kathrin WagnerThünen Institute of Organic Farming, Trenthorst 32, 23847 Westerau, Germany.
Jan BrinkmannThünen Institute of Organic Farming, Trenthorst 32, 23847 Westerau, Germany.

Funding

Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft 11NA026 (BÖLN)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Farm animal welfare is a major concern to the European Union's citizens, addressed in the Rural Development Programmes by a specific animal welfare support measure. Previous evaluation results reveal that the implemented action-oriented measures fail when it comes to improving animal health, an important dimension of animal welfare. Results-oriented measures could compensate for this deficiency, but little is known about their design. In order to improve the effectiveness of current animal welfare measures for dairy cows, we analysed the elements of such a measure in an interdisciplinary, application-oriented research project involving agricultural economists and livestock scientists. We have used a mixed methods approach including a written Delphi survey, group-discussions and on-farm data-collection to select suitable indicators, develop an approach for the identification of threshold values and to design a support measure. Results suggest that, in animal welfare support measures, action- as well as results-oriented elements are necessary to address all dimensions of animal welfare.

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action-oriented supportanimal welfaredairy cowsresults-oriented supportRural Development Programme (RDP)welfare indicatorsWelfare Quality®

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PMID34072089
PMCPMC8229758

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