ArticleEFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority2023
Welfare of calves.
Article in EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed.
- Comparison of three Mycoplasma bovis antibody ELISAs on serum from 3-5-week-old dairy calves using Bayesian latent class analysis.Irish veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Methods for estimating milk production of dairy cows with full cow-calf contact.JDS communications · 2026Article
- Association of Acute-Phase Proteins and IgG with Bovine Respiratory Disease, Seroconversion to Respiratory Infections and Farm-Level Factors in Rearing Calves.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Changing the frame: the impact of welfare narrative presentation on citizen choices about cow-calf separation.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Main Husbandry Practices and Health Conditions That Affect Welfare in Calves: A Narrative Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- The Welfare of Cattle in Different Housing Systems.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Observational study on calf carcasses in 2 processing plants for animal byproducts in Germany.JDS communications · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Procaine, With and Without Epinephrine, Compared to Lidocaine in Local Anesthesia for Calves Before Thermocautery Disbudding.Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics · 2025Article
- Novel BPI3Vc-vectored surface displayed fusion and hemagglutinin-neuraminidase antigens elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies in cattle.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Suckling and allosuckling behavior of dairy calves in indoor dam-rearing systems.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Welfare of calves and heifers on dairy farms with cow-calf contact rearing or early separation.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare.Biology letters · 2025Article
- Exploring Relationship Between Immunocompetence, HPA Axis Functioning and Performances of Preweaning Dairy Calves.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Farm and Animal Factors Associated with Morbidity, Mortality, and Growth of Pre-Weaned Heifer Dairy Calves in Southern Brazil.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Effects of space allowance on patterns of activity in group-housed dairy calves.JDS communications · 2024Article
- Associations between Ultrasonographically Diagnosed Lung Lesions, Clinical Parameters and Treatment Frequency in Veal Calves in an Austrian Fattening Farm.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Cow-calf contact: a single-herd observational study of AMS yield during the first 100 days in milk.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2024Article
- Comparing the effects of contact duration on cow and calf performance beyond separation - a prospective cohort study.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2024Article
- A methodological approach to compare continuous and instantaneous sampling and two methods to deal with animals out of sight on dairy cattle behavior and interaction with their calf in the first hours post-partum.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Opportunities for Regulatory Authorities to Assess Animal-Based Measures at the Slaughterhouse Using Sensor Technology and Artificial Intelligence: A Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
28 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This Scientific Opinion addresses a European Commission request on the welfare of calves as part of the Farm to Fork strategy. EFSA was asked to provide a description of common husbandry systems and related welfare consequences, as well as measures to prevent or mitigate the hazards leading to them. In addition, recommendations on three specific issues were requested: welfare of calves reared for white veal (space, group housing, requirements of iron and fibre); risk of limited cow-calf contact; and animal-based measures (ABMs) to monitor on-farm welfare in slaughterhouses. The methodology developed by EFSA to address similar requests was followed. Fifteen highly relevant welfare consequences were identified, with respiratory disorders, inability to perform exploratory or foraging behaviour, gastroenteric disorders and group stress being the most frequent across husbandry systems. Recommendations to improve the welfare of calves include increasing space allowance, keeping calves in stable groups from an early age, ensuring good colostrum management and increasing the amounts of milk fed to dairy calves. In addition, calves should be provided with deformable lying surfaces, water via an open surface and long-cut roughage in racks. Regarding specific recommendations for veal systems, calves should be kept in small groups (2-7 animals) within the first week of life, provided with ~ 20 m
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.