The 2003 Special Issue
Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level
(Guest Editors: Professor A J F Webster & Dr D C J Main)
Published as Issue 12(4) of Animal Welfare
CONTENTS
Assessment of animal welfare at farm and group level: introduction and overview
A J F Webster, 429
PLENARY PAPERS
Assessing animal welfare at the farm and group level: the interplay of science and values
D Fraser, 433
Measuring and monitoring animal welfare: transparency in the food product quality chain
H J Blokhuis, R B Jones, R Geers, M Miele and I Veissier, 445
Evaluation of welfare state based on interpretation of multiple indices
E M Scott, J L Fitzpatrick, A M Nolan, J Reid and M L Wiseman, 457
Farm animal welfare: the interaction of ethical questions and animal welfare science
P Sandøe, S B Christiansen and M C Appleby, 469
Stockmanship and farm animal welfare
X Boivin, J Lensink, C Tallet and I Veissier, 479
Assessing animal welfare at the farm and group level: a United States perspective
J A Mench, 493
WELFARE ASSESSMENT: GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND METHODS
The ethical implications of the human-animal bond on the farm
R Anthony, 505
Video image analysis and animal welfare on farm
S Barbera, 513
Assessing pain, suffering and distress in laboratory animals: an RSPCA survey of current practice in the UK
P Hawkins, 517
Applications for methods of on-farm welfare assessment
D C J Main, J P Kent, F Wemelsfelder, E Ofner and F A M Tuyttens, 523
Integrating parameters to assess on-farm welfare
H Spoolder, G De Rosa, B Hörning, S Waiblinger and F Wemelsfelder, 529
Measures of developmental instability as integrated, a posteriori indicators of farm animal welfare: a review
F A M Tuyttens, 535
Evaluating a concept for an animal welfare assessment system providing decision support using qualitative interviewsM Vaarst, 541
CATTLE
Relationships between building design, management system and dairy cow welfare
V A Bowell, L J Rennie, G Tierney, A B Lawrence and M J Haskell, 547
On-farm assessment of the effect of management and housing type on behaviour and welfare in dairy cattle
M J Haskell, L J Rennie, V A Bowell, F Wemelsfelder and A B Lawrence, 553
Attempts to integrate different parameters into an overall picture of animal welfare using investigations in dairy loose houses as an example
B Hörning, 557
Preliminary investigation into the use of expert opinion to compare the overall welfare of dairy cattle farms in different farm assurance schemes
D C J Main, H R Whay, L E Green and A J F Webster, 565
Correlations between the results of animal welfare assessments by the TGI 35 L Austrian Animal Needs Index and health and behavioural parameters of cattle
E Ofner, T Amon, M Lins and B Amon, 571
Methodological aspects for the assessment of social behaviour and avoidance distance on dairy farms
C Mülleder, J Troxler and S Waiblinger, 579
Influence of sample size and experimenter on reliability of measures of avoidance distance in dairy cows
S Waiblinger and C Menke, 585
A study of three methods used to assess stockmanship on commercial dairy farms: can these become effective welfare assessment techniques?
L J Rennie, V A Bowell, J M Dearing, M J Haskell and A B Lawrence, 591
Is lameness a welfare problem in dairy farms with automatic milking systems?
I C Klaas, T Rousing, C Fossing, J Hindhede and J T Sørensen, 599
Subjective and objective assessment of pain and discomfort due to lameness in dairy cattle
K A O'Callaghan, P J Cripps, D Y Downham and R D Murray, 605
An animal-based welfare assessment of group-housed calves on UK dairy farms
H R Whay, D C J Main, L E Green and A J F Webster, 611
Selection of parameters for on-farm welfare-assessment protocols in cattle and buffalo
C Winckler, J Capdeville, G Gebresenbet, B Hörning, U Roiha, M Tosi and S Waiblinger, 619
Repeatability of some animal-related variables in dairy cows and buffaloes
G De Rosa, C Tripaldi, F Napolitano, F Saltalamacchia, F Grasso, V Bisegna and A Bordi, 625
PIGS
Husbandry and animal health on organic pig farms in Austria
J Baumgartner, T Leeb, T Gruber and R Tiefenbacher, 631
Towards a baseline assessment of organic pig welfare
J E L Day, H Kelly, A Martins and S A Edwards, 637
On-farm monitoring of pig welfare by assessment of housing, management, health records and plasma haptoglobin
R Geers, B Petersen, K Huysmans, S Knura-Deszczka, M De Becker, S Gymnich, D Henot, S Hiss and H Sauerwein, 643
POULTRY
Developing a welfare assessment system for use in commercial organic egg production
L Hegelund, J T Sørensen and N F Johansen, 649
Can a modified latency-to-lie test be used to validate gait-scoring results in commercial broiler flocks?
C Berg and G S Sanotra, 655
Differences in the expression of genes in lame and normal broiler chickens identified by subtraction hybridisation
A Butterworth, N A Reeves, T G Knowles and S C Kestin, 661
Use of conjoint analysis to weight welfare assessment measures for broiler chickens in UK husbandry systems
S M Haslam and S C Kestin, 669
A comparison between leg problems in Danish and Swedish broiler production
G Singh Sanotra, C Berg and J Damkjer Lund, 677
MISCELLANEOUS
Safeguarding the welfare of livestock grazing on nature conservation sites
F W Grayson, 685
Welfare assessment of working donkeys: assessment of the impact of an animal healthcare project in West Kenya
C Leeb, C Henstridge, K Dewhurst and K Bazeley, 689
Assessing the welfare status of newborn farm animals
D J Mellor and K J Stafford, 695
Assessing animal welfare in a strictly synchronous production system: the mink case
S H Møller, S W Hansen and J T Sørensen, 699
Behaviour patterns of horses can be used to establish a dominant-subordinate relationship between man and horse
C Sighieri, D Tedeschi, C De Andreis, L Petri and P Baragli, 705
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Editor-in-Chief: Dr James K Kirkwood, UFAW, UK.
Section Editors: Professor B M Spruijt; Dr M Stevenson; Dr D C Turner; Professor J Hau; Dr N Prescott; Professor D Fraser; Professor P Sandoe.
Editorial Advisers: Dr R Baker, Dr M F Bouissou, Professor D Broom, Professor Marian Stamp Dawkins, Mr R Ewbank, Dr M Festing, Professor B Hart, Professor D Morton, Dr J Serpell, Professor J Webster, Professor P Wiepkema.
