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| March, Solveig; Gratzer, Lisi; Brinkmann, Jan; Winkler, Christoph. |
| It was the aim of this meeting to train the assessors of several CoreOrganic-Partners (i.e. Austria, Germany, Denmark and Norway) with regard to the methods which are going to be applied in the course of the project on-farm assessments. Training involved animal-based parameters, a resource checklist and a management questionnaire. After a theoretical and practical introduction, inter-observer reliability (IOR) of the main animal-based parameters was tested. This included gait scoring/lameness, body condition, cleanliness and integument alterations. The scoring systems for gait scoring, cleanliness and integument alterations had been adapted from the WelfareQuality® protocol; body condition was scored according to Metzner et al. (1993). Subjective scoring... |
| Tipo: Report chapter |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health Health and welfare Breeding and genetics Feeding and growth. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/15915/1/15915.pdf |
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