Animal wellbeing is important and it is widely accepted that an animal’s basic needs must be fulfilled. Many factors affect wellbeing of dairy cows. Common health problems are lameness and subclinical mastitis. The aim of this study was to examine changes in proximity and automatic milk system (AMS) …

Poster en begeleidende audio uit de guided tour van het Open Atelier van CoE Groen op 7 december 2023 over het project Melkveehouderij in veenweidegebieden met hogere waterstanden. In Nederlandse veengebieden wordt vooral aan melkveehouderij gedaan. Maar er is een probleem door het wegpompen van water …

The production of milk replacers (MR) originated in the 1950s as a side product of cheese production and is widely used in most developed countries by dairy farmers as a substitute for cow’s milk and it has been demonstrated that its use could improve the growth and overall health of young calves, which …

Species rich grasslands provide ecosystem services such as floral and faunal diversity, livestock forage, carbon sequestration and water regulation. However, the best combinations of sward diversity and management intensity to achieve the above-mentioned ecosystem services are not fully known. To address …

In the European Union, cattle registration has been harmonised, and every farmer has to report cattle deaths to a national computer database. However, there is no obligation to mention the reason for culling, death or slaughter. In dairy farming, the herd is constantly renewed by letting in some young …

Several studies have suggested that precision livestock farming (PLF) is a useful tool foranimal welfare management and assessment. Location, posture and movement of an individual are key elements in identifying the animal and recording its behaviour. Currently, multiple technologies are available for …

Avocado farming is a popular enterprise among small holder avocado farmers in Meru-County Kenya. The sector is rapidly growing and the country is ranked as the 6th world producer of avocado. However, the developed avocado value chain is experiencing high food losses along different phases of the chain. …

The majority of Dutch peatlands are drained and used intensively as grasslands for dairy farming. This delivers high productivity but causes severe damage to the provisioning of ecosystem services. Peatland rewetting is the best way to reverse the damage, but high water levels do not fit with intensive …

Het afweersysteem van kalveren werkt bij de geboorte nog niet optimaal om infecties te bestrijden. Met name bij een hoge infectiedruk wordt er veel van een jong kalf gevraagd. Om inzicht te krijgen in de infectiedruk rondom het jonge kalf in relatie tot diergezondheid en -management in deze kritische …

Het afweersysteem van kalveren werkt bij de geboorte nog niet optimaal om infecties te bestrijden. Met name bij een hoge infectiedruk wordt er veel van een jong kalf gevraagd. Om inzicht te krijgen in de infectiedruk rondom het jonge kalf in relatie tot diergezondheid en -management in deze kritische …