Indicatoren voor dierenwelzijn en diergezondheid = Indicators for animal welfare and animal health

The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality requires a monitor for animal welfare and animal health to evaluate progress in this field. This report describes which indicators for animal welfare and health can be used for the monito

MelkProcesMonitor als vernieuwd dynamisch advies verbetert het melken en de uiergezondheid

The monitoring of the milking process, where a specialist advices the famer on milking and udder health based on interpretation of vacuum and milkflow curves and the milking method, improves farmers knowledge and udder healt

Automatisch melken: risicofactoren voor de uiergezondheid = Automatic milking: risk factors for udder health

An epidemiological study is performed on 150 dairy farms milking with an automatic milking system to identify possible risk factors for udder healt

Onderzoek naar leverbot deel I: Instrument voor bedrijfsanalyse op risicofactoren - leverbotbestrijding, risico's & kansen

Liver fluke infections are increasingly a bottleneck in the animal health of grazing (or fresh grass fed) ruminants. Liverfluke leads to disease with economic consequences and for lactating animals no anthelmintics are freely available. This project has been working on the development of the liver fluke instrument with the aim of providing dairy farmers insight and action perspective regarding the liverfluke situation on their farm

Onderzoek naar leverbot deel I: Instrument voor bedrijfsanalyse op risicofactoren - leverbotbestrijding, risico's & kansen

Liver fluke infections are increasingly a bottleneck in the animal health of grazing (or fresh grass fed) ruminants. Liverfluke leads to disease with economic consequences and for lactating animals no anthelmintics are freely available. This project has been working on the development of the liver fluke instrument with the aim of providing dairy farmers insight and action perspective regarding the liverfluke situation on their farm

State of the Animal: monitoring animal welfare and health in The Netherlands (0-measurement) : summary, full report is available in Dutch (report 323)

25 measuring points summarise the results of policy measures for animal welfare and health in The Netherland

Beantwoording vragen : plan van aanpak : verbeteren welzijn in de sector paardenhouderij

De Nederlandse Paardensector (SRP) is door het ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit gevraagd een plan van aanpak te schrijven ter verbetering van het paardenwelzijn. Daartoe heeft het ministerie WUR+ASG gevraagd om dit plan met wetenschappelijke kennis te onderbouwen. De onderwerpen behelzen huisvesting, voeding, training, transport, fokkerij en gezondhei