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| Leach, Katharine; Barker, Zoe; Maggs, Clare; Sedgwick, Anouska; Whay, Helen; Bell, Nick; Main, David. |
| Sixty-seven organic producers were among 189 dairy farmers completing the “Healthy Feet Project” in the UK. This aimed to reduce lameness in dairy herds by implementing existing knowledge. Participants received input at two levels: monitoring alone, or monitoring with extra support through a single veterinary advisory visit, annual visits from a trained non-veterinary facilitator and materials and contacts to encourage change. On average lameness on organic farms reduced by 12 percentage points over the three year period. On the farms achieving the greatest reduction,the most common changes were improvements to tracks and cubicle comfort, and more frequent footbathing or foot trimming. Practices to improve foot cleanliness, such as more frequent removal of... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/21760/1/Leach_lameness_2OAHC_2012.pdf |
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| Ivemeyer, Silvia; Bell, Nick; Brinkmann, Jan; Cimer, Kornel; Gratzer, Elisabeth; Leeb, Christine; March, Solveig; Mejdell , Cecilie Marie; Roderick, Stephen; Smolders, Gidi; Walkenhorst, Michael; Winckler, Christoph; Vaarst, Mette. |
| Achieving and maintaining a high herd health and welfare status is an important aim in organic livestock farming.The different conditions between countries call for models that are relevant for different farming types that can be integrated into local practice. In stable schools, farmers take responsibility for health and welfare planning by identifying issues, setting goals and acting to improve the health situation based on farm-specific data e.g. milk production. This paper reviews the results from intervention studies that used the FFS approach for animal health and welfare planning, providing an overview of on-going activities and their implementation into advisory situations in selected European countries. Research studies with stable schools as an... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Animal husbandry Health and welfare Education; Extension and communication. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/23668/1/23668%20Ivemeyer-et-al_StableSchools_OWC14_final_MM.pdf |
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