Housing assessment in farms in the Northwest of Spain: main facility weaknesses and strengths
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Título: | Housing assessment in farms in the Northwest of Spain: main facility weaknesses and strengths
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Autor/a: | Verdes Gil, Sonia
Yáñez Ramil, Uxía
Trillo Dono, Yolanda
García Herradón, Pedro José
Peña Martínez, Ana Isabel
Becerra González, Juan José
Quintela Arias, Luis Ángel
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Centro/Departamento: | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Patoloxía Animal
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Palabras chave: | Animal welfare | Cow comfort | Dairy cattle | Herd performance | Infraestructure | |
Data: | 2022
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Editor: | Cambridge University Press
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Cita bibliográfica: | Verdes, S., Yáñez, U., Trillo, Y., Herradón, P., Peña, A., Becerra, J., & Quintela, L. (2022). Housing assessment in farms in the Northwest of Spain: Main facility weaknesses and strengths. Journal of Dairy Research, 89(2), 152-155. doi:10.1017/S0022029922000309
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Resumo: | The aim of this research communication was to examine and report the current situation of dairy farms in the province of Lugo (Galicia, Spain) regarding facility problems. We assessed the facilities of 168 free-stall dairy farms, housing in total 9228 Holstein cows in milk. Housing factors related to the resting area, circulation area, feeding area, ventilation area and milking area, as well as animal-handling features, were evaluated. Distance measurements were performed using a laser metre or a roll metric tape. A survey was conducted to gather information about cleaning and preventive protocols. Our results showed that most farms do not comply with the objective for cubicle measurements, width of the crossovers, type of flooring and presence of a quarantine pen, which may have a negative impact on the health and productivity of the animals. Therefore, to maximise the profits of the farm, the recommendations given in this study may be useful as a guide when building a new farm or remodelling the existing ones |
Versión do editor: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022029922000309 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29285
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ISSN: | 0022-0299
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E-ISSN: | 1469-7629
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Dereitos: | © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Hannah Dairy Research Foundation.This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use or in order to create a derivative work Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional
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