FS 068 Cow calf contact systems for improving animal health & welfare
Cow calf contact ( systems, where calves are housed together with dairy c ows, are being developed and evaluated to enable animals to express more natural maternal and suckling behaviour Calves in CCC systems generally have greater growth rates, especially before weaning, than conventionally reared calves Different management strategies are based on the amount of maternal contact and suckling allowed Here a ' CCC system is described
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Contribution detail info
R4D
Resilience For Dairy
- Location
- Europe
- Authors
- EN & DK - Ole Ulloriaq Lønberg-Jensen
- EN & DK - Søren Østergaard
- EN & DK - Margit Bak Jensen
- NL - Sandra Debevere
- FI - Kaisa Kuoppala
- FR - Valérie Brocard
- DE - Kelly Schmit
- IT - Serena Soffiantini
- Purpose
- Education/Training
- Communication
- File type
- Document
- File size
- 353 kB
- Created on
- 30-06-2024
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- R4D
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND
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