ArticleJournal of applied animal welfare science : JAAWS
Pasture access and eye temperature in dairy cows.
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- Welfare indicators in cattle farming in the face of heat stress: a review in climate change scenarios.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Use of qualitative behavioural assessment to investigate affective states of housed dairy cows under different environmental conditions.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Pasture access can benefit dairy cows' behavior, health, and welfare, but herds are increasingly housed indoors full-time. Recent infrared thermal-imaging (thermography) studies suggest that higher eye temperatures may be a physiological indicator of chronic stress. We, therefore, hypothesized that, compared to cows with pasture access, cows housed indoors full-time would have higher eye temperatures. In a two-phase crossover experiment, 29 Holstein-Friesian dairy cows experienced 18 days of overnight pasture access and 18 days of full-time indoor housing. We measured each animal's eye temperature 16 times (eight/phase). During Phase One, cows with pasture access had higher eye temperatures than cows housed indoors full-time (contrary to our hypothesis). However, during Phase Two, cows with pasture access had lower eye temperatures than cows housed indoors full-time. It is, therefore, unclear whether eye temperature reflected disparities in dairy cow welfare between different housing treatments.
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