Welfare Assessment on Different-Sized Dairy Goat Farms in the Northern Serbian Province of Vojvodina

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Snežana Paskaš ◽  
Jelena Miočinović ◽  
Mila Savić ◽  
Mirjana Djukić-Stojčić ◽  
Ivan Pihler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Goat ◽  
Welfare Assessment

scholarly journals Welfare Assessment of 30 Dairy Goat Farms in the Midwestern United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa N. Hempstead ◽  
Taylor M. Lindquist ◽  
Jan K. Shearer ◽  
Leslie C. Shearer ◽  
Vanessa M. Cave ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Median Number ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Dairy Goat ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Dairy Goats ◽  
Midwestern United States ◽  
Welfare Assessment

Dairy goat animal welfare assessment protocols have been developed and conducted in Europe and the United Kingdom for dairy goats; however, there are no published reports of large-scale welfare assessment for dairy goats on farms in the Midwestern United States (US). Therefore, the objective of this study was to perform welfare assessment of lactating dairy goats and identify the most prevalent welfare issues on 30 farms across the Midwestern US. Thirty dairy goat farms (self-selected) were enrolled in the study if they shipped milk for human consumption (regardless of herd size). The number of lactating does on each farm ranged from 34 to 6,500 goats, with a median number of 158 lactating does (mean ± SD: 602 ± 1,708 lactating does). The protocol used was developed from available literature on goat welfare assessment but modified for use in the Midwestern US. Observations were made without handling the animals and included 22 animal-based indicators evaluated at the group- and individual-level. The observations were conducted during ~3–5 h during a milking session (either morning or afternoon) and time in the home pen. Principal components analysis (PCA) was carried out on the welfare assessment data from each farm. The first two dimensions of the PCA explained 34.8% of the variation. The PCA biplot indicated correlations between indicators. The most prevalent conditions observed across the 30 farms included any knee calluses (80.9%), any claw overgrowth (51.4%), poor hygiene (14.9%), skin lesions (8.9%), poor hair coat condition (8.3%) and any ear pathology (8.0%). These results are the first to provide the Midwestern US dairy goat industry with information to improve commercial dairy goat welfare.

Appraisal and Monitoring of Small-Scale Dairy Goat Production System

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-188
Author(s):  
Y. Mena ◽  
F.A. Ruiz ◽  
R. Gutiérrez ◽  
J.M. Castel
Keyword(s):  
Production System ◽  
Dairy Goat ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Small Scale Dairy

Evaluation of a multipump air pistol as a method for euthanizing young dairy goat kids

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (11) ◽  
pp. 866-871
Author(s):  
Melissa N. Hempstead ◽  
Jennifer L. Fowler ◽  
Jan K. Shearer ◽  
Paul J. Plummer
Keyword(s):  
Dairy Goat

scholarly journals Breeding goals and selection criteria for intensive and semi-intensive dairy goat system in Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 106 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 110-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Brito Lopes ◽  
Arcadio de los Reyes Borjas ◽  
Marcelo Correia da Silva ◽  
Olivardo Facó ◽  
Raimundo Nonato Lôbo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Dairy Goat ◽  
Breeding Goals

scholarly journals A Welfare Assessment of Revenue Management Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
Nicolas Dupuis ◽  
Marc Ivaldi ◽  
Jerome Pouyet
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Revenue Management ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Consumer Surplus ◽  
Capacity Constraints ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Optimal Pricing ◽  
Pricing Strategies ◽  
Welfare Impact ◽  
Welfare Assessment

AbstractWe study the welfare impact of revenue management, a practice which is widely spread in the transport industry, but whose impact on consumer surplus remains unclear. We develop a theoretical model of revenue management allowing for heterogeneity in product characteristics, capacity constraints, consumer preferences, and probabilities of arrival. We also introduce dynamic competition between revenue managers. We solve this model computationally and recover the optimal pricing strategies. We find that revenue management is generally welfare enhancing as it raises the number of sales.

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