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
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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