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Facilities for Optimal Cattle Handling

Posted: Wed 22nd Dec, 2021
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Author: José Pais
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Training stockpeople to improve the quality of life of animals and workers

Posted: Mon 18th Jul, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Low Stress Stockmanship

Posted: Mon 28th Mar, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

On-farm demonstration on Gently touching of calves

Posted: Fri 28th Oct, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Gently touching of beef calves early in life reduces stress at the abattoir

Posted: Mon 8th Nov, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Costs and benefits of the squeeze technique

Posted: Wed 24th Nov, 2021
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Author: Kees de Roest
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Die Madigan-Technik

Posted: Thu 7th Jan, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

Squeeze technique for dummy-calves

Posted: Mon 23rd Nov, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Health & Welfare of New Born Calves on Suckler Farms

On farm hoof sanitization

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Lameness in beef cattle

Welfair TM - the first animal welfare certification scheme that is assessing the condition and behavior.

Posted: Wed 16th Dec, 2020
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Recognising Causes of Lameness & Pain - Indicators & Different Assessment Criteria

A smart feeding system implemented on cattle farms

Posted: Sun 24th Jan, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Monitoring ruminal temperature in young bulls

Posted: Mon 30th Nov, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Automated assessment of individual weights when drinking

Posted: Mon 30th Nov, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Demonstrations on automated weight in Belgium, Ireland and Poland

Posted: Fri 4th Feb, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Automated measurement of temperature on cows’ hind legs

Posted: Tue 15th Dec, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: Animal Monitor Tools in Fattening Units

Genetic improvement for eating quality traits

Posted: Wed 16th Dec, 2020
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Author: Virginia Resconi
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Category: The Use of Available Data (Traceability) to Improve Performance & Meat Quality

Application of liquid manure with trailing shoe (from Germany)

Posted: Mon 14th Dec, 2020
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Author: Riet Desmet
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Category: Reduction of Nutrient & Pesticide Leaching to Improve Quality of Surface Water

Beef manure turning net

Posted: Tue 15th Dec, 2020
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Author: Riet Desmet
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Category: Reduction of Nutrient & Pesticide Leaching to Improve Quality of Surface Water

Installation of a calf clot for extra feeding and easier handling

Posted: Thu 8th Jul, 2021
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Author: Anna Lena Lindau
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Category: Examining economically efficient housing systems for beef cattle

Farm video surveillance (FarmCam HD)

Posted: Wed 10th Nov, 2021
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Examining economically efficient housing systems for beef cattle

Use of animal welfare friendly assembly yard, chute and weighing system in beef finishing unit in Ireland.

Posted: Mon 11th Oct, 2021
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: Examining economically efficient housing systems for beef cattle

Scale at the waterpoint

Posted: Thu 19th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

 Improving and communicating animal welfare standards on beef farms with the Bord Bia Sustainable Beef and Lamb Quality Assurance Scheme and FAWAC education booklet. 

Posted: Tue 19th Oct, 2021
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

On-Farm-Scoring for Bovine Respiratory Disease (CA BRD scoring system)

Posted: Mon 30th Aug, 2021
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Simple labour-saving tools to measure and communicate high animal welfare standards on beef farms

Using a sourcing and animal health protocol to reduce health and welfare issues on a bull beef fattening unit in Ireland.

Posted: Tue 26th Oct, 2021
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: Management, housing and environmental factors which affect animal welfare in rearing and finishing units

Low Stress Stockmanship method applied in a suckler farm in Germany

Posted: Mon 8th Nov, 2021
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Author: Anna Lena Lindau
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Individual temperament evaluation in young bulls by an exit score from the squeeze chute

Posted: Sun 2nd Jan, 2022
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Author: José Pais
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Recommendations to prevent thermal stress at transport of beef cattle

Posted: Wed 10th Nov, 2021
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Animal feeding and stress on meat quality

Observatory for cattle reproductive performances in France

Posted: Wed 17th Nov, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Using Moocall Heat detection technology to reduce the calving interval and enable a change to AI in suckler herds

Posted: Fri 8th Oct, 2021
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Estrus detection in suckler cows using automated on-farm tools

Posted: Fri 25th Jun, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Demonstration performed in Spain on Automated estrus detection

Posted: Fri 28th Oct, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Demonstration performed in Germany on Ovarian Synchronisation Protocols

Posted: Mon 7th Nov, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Demonstration performed in Spain on Ovarian Synchronisation Protocols

Posted: Mon 7th Nov, 2022
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Ovarian synchronization protocols to improve reproductive efficiency in beef heifers

Posted: Thu 2nd Dec, 2021
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Author: Jakeline Romero
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Category: Optimizing the number of calves per cow per year in suckler beef herds

Online direct marketing with a focus on sustainability and animal welfare

Posted: Mon 15th Aug, 2022
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Author: Anna Lena Lindau
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Category: Methods to ensure a fairer distribution of the final price along the supply/food chain

Transport - usually necessary, but always a demanding challenge for calves.

Posted: Thu 18th Aug, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: On farm health check of youngstock prior to sale/purchase including vaccination status

A new sorting park for a cattle farm

Posted: Tue 31st May, 2022
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Author: Floriane PROST
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Online Courses and SOPs for handling calves and cows

Posted: Thu 9th Jun, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Animal welfare training for slaughterhouses

Posted: Tue 19th Jul, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Training session for beef cattle transporters

Posted: Tue 19th Jul, 2022
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Author: Alexander Riek
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Training for Mart Drovers

Posted: Wed 27th Jul, 2022
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Author: Kevin Kinsella
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Knowledge transfer in the training of animal welfare

Posted: Fri 29th Jul, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Cow goggles – Seeing the world through cows’ eyes

Posted: Fri 1st Apr, 2022
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Author: Karin von Deylen
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

Stress-free cattle weighing systems

Posted: Tue 30th Aug, 2022
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Author: Marcin Gołębieski
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Category: Training in animal welfare for operators/farmers (handlers, transporters and slaughterhouses) and stress-free drive systems during weighing and transport in beef cattle

MASTERBEEF™ - An Integrated Tool to Evaluate the Carcass and Meat Quality in the Abattoir

Posted: Mon 5th Sep, 2022
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Author: José Pais
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Category: Tools to evaluate the carcass and meat quality prior to and in the slaughterhouse 

BOVIDCO2: a tool for environmental assessment specialized in Spanish beef cattle farms

Posted: Tue 19th Jul, 2022
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Author: Paola Eguinoa
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Category: Tools for calculating and improving environmental sustainability on beef cattle farms

Dynamic rotating grazing in cattle breeding

Posted: Mon 29th Aug, 2022
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Author: Floriane PROST
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Category: Methods to enhance biodiversity on beef cattle farms without the need for large investment