Proceedings of AVA Annual Conference, Adelaide, 2016. Stilwell, G - Less frequent indicators of poor health and welfare in ruminants Less frequent indicators of poor health and welfare in ruminants
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While studying animal-based measures to be included in the welfare assessment protocols, researchers often identify potential welfare indicators that do not fulfil the standards. This could be due to low prevalence, ambiguous meaning, lack of interobserver repeatability, or unknown or controversial validity. In this talk we will present some potentially useful welfare indicators that have not been validated and are open to further investigation.
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