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Dairy Cow Welfare, genetic selection, Irish Economic Breeding Index (EBI), pasture based milk production systems
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2008-08-01
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Livestock Systems
AGRIP End of Project Reports
Animal & Bioscience
Grassland Science
Pig Development
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http://hdl.handle.net/11019/829
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Boyle, L.A., Olmos, G., Llamas Moya, S., Palmer, M.A., Gleeson, D., O’Brien, B., Horan, B., Berry, D.P., Arkins, S., Alonso Gómez M., Mee, J.F., Cow welfare in grass based milk production systems, End of Project Report, Teagasc, 2008.
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Under this project, aspects of pasture based milk production systems, namely different milking frequency and feeding strategies as well as genetic selection for improved fitness using the Irish Economic Breeding Index (EBI) were evaluated in terms of dairy cow behaviour, health, immune function and reproductive performance. Additionally, a typical Irish pasture based system was compared to one in which cows were kept indoors in cubicles and fed a total mixed ration for the duration of lactation in order to elucidate the perceived benefits of pasture based systems for dairy cow welfare.
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