Review: welfare of dairy cows in continuously housed and pasture-based production systems
There is increasing interest in the use of continuous housing systems for dairy cows, with various reasons put forward to advocate such systems. However, the welfare of dairy cows is typically perceived to be better within pasture-based systems, although such judgements are often not scientifically...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731116001336 |