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| Brinkmann, Jan; March, Solveig; Bergschmidt, Angela; Renziehausen, Christine; Starosta, Sonia; Osterbuhr, Maren; Wagner, Kathrin. |
| Organic farming attempts to ensure animal welfare on the basis of preventive measures. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of the production system on animal welfare of dairy cows in organic and conventional farms. The results of the application of the Welfare Quality® protocol for dairy cows shows significant differences between organic and conventional farms while concurrently disclosing considerable differences between farms of the same production system. To further improve the animal welfare situation in organic farming and especially to better include animal health issues, result based components should be included into the current (purely action-oriented) EU organic farming regulation. |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/31913/1/Untersuchungen%20zum%20Einfluss%20der%20Wirtschaftsweise%20auf%20das.pdf |
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| Wagner, Kathrin; Barth, Kerstin; Waiblinger, Susanne. |
| The integration of dairy heifers into the cow herd shortly before their first parturition is a common management practice also in organic farming and is associated with stress. In this study we investigated whether the ability to cope with such challenges is affected by experiences during early age. Three groups of heifers which differed with respect to the contact to their mother during the first 12 weeks of life were compared. At the age of 25+/-0.2 months heifers were integrated individually into the cow herd and observed for 33 hours. Heifers reared with contact to their mother used the cubicles quicker and more consistently and also tended to differ in the social behaviour compared to the heifers reared without mother. These preliminary results... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/17764/3/Wagner_17764.pdf |
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| Wagner, Kathrin; Brinkmann, Jan; March, Solveig; Hinterstoißer, P.; Warnecke, Sylvia; Schüler, Maximilian; Paulsen, Hans Marten. |
| Grazing provides livestock better opportunities to act out their species specific behaviour compared to the restrictive stable conditions. Studies on the effect of grazing on animal welfare in dairy farming in Germany are rare and have not been conducted under the specific conditions of organic dairy farming. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of grazing on animal welfare of dairy cows in organic and conventional farming based on the Welfare Quality® protocol for dairy cattle. In this paper, we present the initial evaluation of a comparison between zero grazing and summer grazing. The first results indicate an improvement in most welfare principles during the summer months for dairy cows with summer grazing, except for between... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/31914/1/Welchen%20Einfluss%20hat%20der%20Weidegang%20auf%20das%20Tierwohl%20von.pdf |
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| Hinterstoißer, P.; Schulz, Franz; Schüler, Maximilian; Wagner, Kathrin; Brinkmann, Jan; March, Solveig; Paulsen, Hans Marten. |
| For reasons of animal health, milk yield and for environmental issues an optimal supply of protein and energy for dairy cows is essential. The aim of this study is to examine potential protein and energy malnutrition and surplus in dairy herds. We present a comparison of the protein and energy supply between 18 conventional and 16 organic dairy herds. Initial results indicate an undersupply on energy in the first one hundred days of lactation in both the organic and conventional feeding regimes. It is easier to provide an adequate protein supply in conventional conditions in the first one hundred days than in organic ones. A balanced supply is guaranteed for a mere 21,3 % of the organic cows. In the second one hundred days this increases to 26,5 %,... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Dairy cattle; Policy environments and social economy. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/31926/1/Eiwei%C3%9F-%20und%20Energieversorgung%20in%2034%20konventionellen%20und.pdf |
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| Brinkmann, Jan; March, Solveig; Wagner, Kathrin; Renziehausen, Christine; Starosta, Sonia; Osterbuhr, Maren; Bergschmidt, Angela. |
| Regulations in organic farming and in animal welfare policies are action-oriented: they refer to resources such as space allowance and management, i.e. access to pasture. With this approach, the prerequisites for the exercise of normal behaviour can be created; but direct impacts on animal health and welfare are largely left out. The aim of our project is to develop a concept for a result-oriented approach to improve animal welfare in the framework of organic farming and the EUs rural development programmes. One of the challenges is the selection of suitable indicators. To select indicators which address major welfare-problems in dairy farming, a two-phased sampling process was carried out. First, scientists from Germany, Switzerland and Austria (n = 20)... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/27233/1/27233_brinkmann.pdf |
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