Klauen-Q-Wohl
Abstract
Claw disorders and lameness are considered one of the most important welfare problems ion dairy cattle farming. The partners in this project acknowledge this problem and will build a cooperative partnership between farmers, claw trimmers, scientists, advisory services and veterinarians. The aims are: 1) Development of a standardized documentation and central electronic registration of findings from claw trimming as well as other selected animal welfare indicators in Austria, 2) development of a checklist addressing potential factors influencing animal welfare on farm, 3) deduction of recommendations for intervention measures, which will be provided to the farmers, 4) traing of claw trimmers and memebers of the milk recording scheme in assessing claw findings and animal welfare indicators as well as respective influencing factors.
keywords claw health lameness risk factors prevention animal welfare indicators
Publikationen
Project staff
Christoph Winckler
Univ.Prof. Dr.med.vet. Christoph Winckler
christoph.winckler@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-93221
Project Leader
01.10.2017 - 30.09.2020
BOKU partners
External partners
Zentrale Arbeitsgemeinschaft österreichischer Rinderzüchter
Christa Egger-Danner
coordinator