Associations between Animal Welfare Indicators and Animal-Related Factors of Slaughter Cattle in Austria.

abattoir abomasal ulcers bovine cleanliness contamination lameness

Journal

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
ISSN: 2076-2615
Titre abrégé: Animals (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101635614

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
05 Mar 2022
Historique:
received: 04 02 2022
revised: 02 03 2022
accepted: 03 03 2022
entrez: 10 3 2022
pubmed: 11 3 2022
medline: 11 3 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Three cattle welfare indicators (lameness, dirtiness, and abomasal disorders) were evaluated in 412 slaughter cattle in a cross-sectional study in Austria. The aims of this study were (1) to evaluate the prevalence of lameness, dirtiness of slaughter cattle, and abomasal disorders; and (2) to determine the association between these welfare indicators and animal-related factors (e.g., housing type, carcass weight, transportation and waiting duration of the animals). The lameness prevalence was 0.73%, the abomasal disorders prevalence was 52.43%, and 88.59% of all cattle were contaminated. The latter result indicates that the cattle were kept in a dirty environment. The occurrence of abomasal disorders was associated with cattle housing systems (

Identifiants

pubmed: 35268227
pii: ani12050659
doi: 10.3390/ani12050659
pmc: PMC8909719
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Johann Burgstaller (J)

Veterinary Service, Municipality of Villach, 9524 Villach, Austria.

Thomas Wittek (T)

Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria.

Nadine Sudhaus-Jörn (N)

Institute of Food Quality and Safety, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, 30173 Hannover, Germany.

Beate Conrady (B)

Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
Complexity Science Hub Vienna, 1080 Vienna, Austria.

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