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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Maroto Molina, Francisco
• Pérez Marín, Carlos C.
• Molina Moreno, Laura
• Agüera Buendía, Estrella I.
• Pérez Marín, Dolores C.

Titel

Welfare Quality® for dairy cows: towards a sensor-based assessment

Ist Teil von

• Journal of dairy research, 2020-08, Vol.87 (S1), p.28-33

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This Research Reflection addresses the possibilities for Welfare Quality® to evolve from an assessment method based on data gathered on punctual visits to the farm to an assessment method based on sensor data. This approach could provide continuous and objective data, while being less costly and time consuming. Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) technologies enabling the monitorisation of Welfare Quality® measures are reviewed and discussed. For those measures that cannot be assessed by current technologies, some options to be developed are proposed. Picturing future dairy farms, the need for multipurpose and non-invasive PLF technologies is stated, in order to avoid an excessive artificialisation of the production system. Social concerns regarding digitalisation are also discussed.