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Fractionized milk composition in dairy cows with subclinical mastitis

open access: yesVeterinární Medicína, 2004
Mastitis is the inflammatory reaction of the udder to invading pathogens. One of the most apparent reactions is the increased influx of immunoreactive cells from blood into milk inducing a dramatic increase of milk somatic cell counts (SCC).
R. M Bruckmaier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of goats in a detour and a problem-solving test following long-term cognitive test exposure

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2021
Cognitive research in long-lived species commonly involves using the same animals in different experiments. It is unclear whether the participation in cognitive tests can notably alter the performance of individuals in subsequent conceptually different ...
K. Rosenberger   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early Onset of Laying and Bumblefoot Favor Keel Bone Fractures

open access: yesAnimals, 2015
Numerous studies have demonstrated influences of hybrid, feed, and housing on prevalence of keel bone fractures, but influences of behavior and production on an individual level are less known.
Sabine G. Gebhardt-Henrich   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review of housing options for gestating sows [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Housing options for gestating sows is an important topic affecting livestock producers, consumers, and policy makers. Producers seek to provide high quality products at affordable prices while meeting increasing public demands for animal wellbeing ...
Brue, Jeremy   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Risk factors associated with subclinical mastitis in dairy cows on Swiss organic and conventional production system farms

open access: yesVeterinární Medicína, 2007
Epidemiological studies comparing risk factors for subclinical mastitis (SM) in organic (OP) and conventional dairy production systems (CP) are lacking. In 60 OP and 60 CP farms, 970 cows were used to study risk factors for SM at 31 days postpartum. Cows
M.G. Doherr   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

New ways of regulating organic food and farming in Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
There is a paradigm shift needed in standard setting towards assessing progress rather than failure. Such systems needs good subject-related principles and objectives (e.g. for good animal housing).
Schmid, Otto
core  

Mutilating Procedures, Management Practices, and Housing Conditions That May Affect the Welfare of Farm Animals: Implications for Welfare Research

open access: yesAnimals, 2017
A number of mutilating procedures, such as dehorning in cattle and goats and beak trimming in laying hens, are common in farm animal husbandry systems in an attempt to prevent or solve problems, such as injuries from horns or feather pecking.
Rebecca E. Nordquist   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

L’Espace animalier dans les maisons rurales en Algérie, territorialité vernaculaire, résurgence informelle et controverses institutionnelles

open access: yesLes Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère, 2022
This article attempts to restore a reflection resulting from an empirical observation of animal space in rural houses in Algeria, by considering the processes involved in their vernacular consolidation and those involved in their contemporary ...
Latifa Khettabi
doaj   +1 more source

Consumer attitudes towards production diseases in intensive production systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Many members of the public and important stakeholders operating at the upper end of the food chain, may be unfamiliar with how food is produced, including within modern animal production systems.
Clark, Beth   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Hereditary hydrocephalus internus in a laboratory strain of golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

open access: yesAnimal, 2008
Golden hamsters of one common laboratory strain had a high incidence of hydrocephalus internus. When a severity score of hydrocephalus was used, a major autosomal recessive locus could be identified.
S.G. Gebhardt-Henrich   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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