Animal: Cattle

Enrichment

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A dossier in English to help improve the welfare of ruminants and equines through environmental enrichment. This file is updated periodically.

Page Vaches laitières du site Anicare

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Videos with commentary presenting the variety of practices found among dairy farmers in Belgium, Spain, Finland, France and Portugal. Topics include milking, bedding, feeding, herd management, alternative therapies, surgical interventions, relationship with the farmer and end of life.

MOOC Bien-être des troupeaux laitiers

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Presentation and registration page for a MOOC designed by Danone, Idele, Phylum and VetAgroSup

SECURIVO : L’essentiel de la biosécurité en élevage de veaux de boucherie

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Set of factsheets: the first introduces biosecurity, followed by 10 technical factsheets to help veal calf breeders improve the level of biosecurity on their farms.

La sélection génétique est une menace pour le bien-être animal : l’exemple de la race bovine Blanc bleu belge

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Article (expressing strong views) on the characteristics of the Belgian blue-white cattle breed and the animal welfare issues associated with it.

Programme bien-être animal – un guide pratique pour les producteurs

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Illustrated guide outlining the issues and definition of animal welfare, including 11 technical data sheets on animal welfare: handling and human-animal relationships; calf management and grouping; calf pain and disbudding; mastitis, lameness; comfort, bedding and accommodation: watering; grazing; temperature management; transport; downer cows.

Un guide pratique sur le bien-être des vaches laitières pour les vétérinaires

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Illustrated guide presenting good practices for approaching a sick animal and observing any early signs of threats to animal welfare in a herd, animal welfare inspections, integrating animal welfare into health visits, supporting the transition to improved welfare, focusing on pain management, deciding whether to transport an animal or slaughter it on farm, good practices for end of life husbandry, and how to approach the longevity of dairy cows with farmers.

Protocole Welfare Quality®- Note d’état corporel

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How to assess a bovine's body condition using Welfare Quality protocol measurements

Protocole Welfare Quality®- Relation homme-animal

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Comment évaluer la relation homme-animal dans un élevage bovin selon le protocole Welfare Quality ?

Ecorner les jeunes bovins efficacement, facilement et sans doutleur

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6 pages. Anatomical reminders, the 7 steps to successful thermal debudding, understanding and managing the pain of debarking, organizing for debarking.