Animal Behavior and Welfare
Research Projects
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“Educate animal welfare as a farming opportunity” – ANICARE n° 2017-1-FR01-KA202-037287 under the Erasmus+ Programme Key Action.
“Use of Trisolfen to manage pain during hoof trimming of dairy cows” - DGAV49/ECVPT/2017.
Objectives: 1) Creating a lameness scoring scale for dairy goats. 2) Creating a lameness scoring scale for dairy goats. 3) Creating a Body Condition Score scale for dairy goats. 4) Using national databases to select farms for welfare assessment.
“Development, integration and dissemination of animal-based welfare indicators, including pain, in commercially important husbandry species, with special emphasis on small ruminants, equidae & turkeys” – AWIN-Animal Welfare Indicators FP7-KBBE-2010-4