Over het houden van en de omgang met dieren is de laatste decennia veel maatschappelijk debat. Of het nu gaat om houderijsystemen, ziektes die kunnen overgaan van dier op mens, dieren die worden ingezet in de sport of die leven in het wild. Het CoE-cluster dier/lectorenplatform DiP wil bijdragen aan …

Over het houden van en de omgang met dieren is de laatste decennia veel maatschappelijk debat. Of het nu gaat om houderijsystemen, ziektes die kunnen overgaan van dier op mens, dieren die worden ingezet in de sport of die leven in het wild. Het CoE-cluster dier/lectorenplatform DiP wil bijdragen aan …

Over het houden van en de omgang met dieren is de laatste decennia veel maatschappelijk debat. Of het nu gaat om houderijsystemen, ziektes die kunnen overgaan van dier op mens, dieren die worden ingezet in de sport of die leven in het wild. Het CoE-cluster dier/lectorenplatform DiP wil bijdragen aan …

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) …

Farmers often install automatic cow brushes to promote grooming behaviour, potentially reducing stress. Health problems in cattle are typically accompanied by a suit of sickness behaviours and a reduction of low resilience behaviours such as grooming. Thus, decreased automatic brush use could be a potential …

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 …

Social dominance in cattle is important when resources are scarce and competitive situations occur such as in a queue in front of an automated milking system (AMS). We aimed to 1) create and validate an algorithm to automatically register waiting time in front of an AMS (WT_AMS) for individual cows and …