9th International Scientific Conference on Applied Sciences and Engineering 6-7 June 2016 Nippon Hotel, İstanbul-Turkey

1. Abstract of Applied Sciences and Engineering, 2016, Vol.9
DOI: 10.18488/journal.1001/2016.9/1001.9
9th
International Scientific Conference on Applied
Sciences and Engineering
6-7 June 2016
Nippon Hotel, İstanbul-Turkey
Conference Website: www.scihost.org
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Paper ID: 13/16/ 9
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A Scientific Conception of Welfare and Housing in Dairy
Farming
Derya Onder --- Serap Goncu --- Nazan Koluman
Abstract
Good animal health and welfare is an explicit goal of dairy farming, but this is not
always achieved and may be at risk. Several studies have shown that production
diseases such as lameness, mastitis or metabolic disorders, play a considerable role in
dairy production (Brinkmann and Winckler, 2005; Hamilton et al., 2006; Hardeng and
Edge, 2001; Reksen et al., 1999; Weller and Bowling, 2000), thus demonstrating a
need for innovative improvement strategies in livestock farming (Hovi and Vaarst, 2001
and Hovi et al., 2004). Some important index could be use for determining the animal
well fare and housing conditions in intensive farming. In this paper these indexes and
some indicators of animal wellfare will be discussed.
Keywords: Welfare, Housing, Dairy Farming.