Qualitative assessment of social behaviour of dairy cows housed in loose housing systems

By T. Rousing, F. Wemelsfelder. 2006

139 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Genetics, Small Animals

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In Ecology

1. Patricia A. Fleming
2. B. Hine
3. D. Blache
4. F. Wemelsfelder
5. I. Colditz

In Genetics

1. B. Hine
2. I. Colditz
3. T. Collins
4. Patricia A. Fleming
5. C. Stockman
6. S. L. Wickham
7. A. Barnes
8. B. Forkman

In Small Animals

1. B. Hine
2. I. Colditz
3. T. Collins
4. Patricia A. Fleming
5. C. Stockman
6. S. L. Wickham
7. A. Barnes
8. B. Forkman

Citations in the corpus

• Resilience in farm animals: biology, management, breeding and implications for animal welfare (2016, background): “…behavioural assessment indicates that aspects of the animal’s demeanour are indicative of affective state (Wemelsfelder and Lawrence 2001; Wemelsfelder et al. 2001; Rousing and Wemelsfelder 2006; Brscic et al. 2009; Stockman et al. 2011, 2012; Napolitano et al. 2012; Rutherford et al. 2012).”
• The contribution of qualitative behavioural assessment to appraisal of livestock welfare (2016, background): “Rousing and Wemelsfelder (2006) reported significant correlations between social interactions and QBA scores in dairy cows, showing that agonistic behaviour was correlated with an ‘aggressive/bullying’ demeanour whereas cows that performed social licking were scored as more ‘playful/sociable’.”
• Qualitative Behavioural Assessment and Quantitative Physiological Measurement of Cattle Naïve and Habituated to Road Transport (2011, methodology): “…studies show that observers can reach significant agreement in their assessment of behavioural expression in pigs (Wemelsfelder et al. 2000, 2001), cattle (Rousing and Wemelsfelder 2006), horses (Napolitano et al. 2008; Minero et al. 2009), poultry (Wemelsfelder 2007) and dogs (Walker et al. 2010).”
• The Correlation of Qualitative Behavior Assessments with Welfare Quality® Protocol Outcomes in On-Farm Welfare Assessment of Dairy Cattle (2013, background): “While several studies have tested the inter-observer reliability of QBA from video tapes with good results (Wemelsfelder et al., 2001; Rousing & Wemelsfelder, 2006; Wemelsfelder et al., 2009c), there are no published studies looking at repeatability over time in a commercial setting using the same…”