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The effect of diet and covering fully slatted concrete floors with rubber strips on the intake, performance and cleanliness of dairy-origin bulls

open access: yesAnimal, 2019
Fully slatted concrete floors are prevalent in beef cattle housing. However, concerns have been raised about welfare of cattle accommodated on slats. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of diet and floor type on the intake, performance
D.E. Lowe, F.O. Lively, A.W. Gordon
doaj   +1 more source

Cattle Cleanliness from the View of Swedish Farmers and Official Animal Welfare Inspectors

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Dirty cattle have been commonly recorded in official animal welfare inspections in Sweden for years. The relevant authorities have initiated work to better understand the causes of dirty cattle, in order to improve compliance and standardize the grounds ...
Frida Lundmark Hedman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

open access: yesBJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smutsig etnografi

open access: yesKulturella Perspektiv, 2015
In this article the methodological consequences of studying difficult fields of research is discussed, using the concept of dirty ethnography as a point of departure.
Kim Silow Kallenberg
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Animal-Based Measures for the On-Farm Welfare Assessment of Geese

open access: yesAnimals, 2020
Currently, no specific animal-based measures (ABMs) protocols are available for geese in commercial meat production systems. Following a critical review of the literature and consultation of experts, seven ABMs, potentially valid and feasible for the on ...
Carlo Tremolada   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of out-wintering pad design on dirtiness score, somatic cell score and mastitis incidence in dairy cows

open access: yesAnimal, 2008
This study aimed to compare three woodchip out-wintering pad (OWP) designs, and indoor cubicle housing with regard to cow dirtiness scores during the winter housing period, and udder health during both the winter period and the following lactation, for ...
K. O’Driscoll   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does disgust-eliciting propaganda shape children's attitudes toward novel immigrant groups?

open access: yesActa Psychologica, 2022
Propaganda frequently leverages themes of dirtiness and disease to foster negative attitudes toward marginalized social groups. Although history suggests that this tactic is highly successful, empirical evidence is required to evaluate propaganda's ...
Anastasiia D. Grigoreva, Joshua Rottman
doaj   +1 more source

The welfare of growing pigs in five different production systems: assessment of feeding and housing

open access: yesAnimal, 2012
Ninety-one farms were visited over a 2-year period to assess the welfare of growing pigs in five different production systems found either in France or in Spain using the Welfare Quality® protocol.
D. Temple   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Differential impact of self and environmental antigens on the ontogeny and maintenance of CD4+ T cell memory

open access: yeseLife, 2019
Laboratory mice develop populations of circulating memory CD4+ T cells in the absence of overt infection. We have previously shown that these populations are replenished from naive precursors at high levels throughout life (Gossel et al., 2017). However,
Thea Hogan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Welfare in Commercial Turkey Flocks of Both Sexes Using the Transect Walk Method

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
The study was conducted between March and September 2019 in six meat-type turkey flocks with similar management standard procedures using the transect walk method. The concept of the method is based on visual observation of the birds while slowly walking
Nina Mlakar Hrženjak   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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