Description:
The book discusses best practices as well as the consequences which can arise from welfare conditions not being met. Chapters consider the use of monitoring technologies as a means of identifying abnormal behaviours which can indicate disease.
Brief description: Jennifer Van Os is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Animal Welfare on the faculty of the Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. The research in her lab at UW-Madison focuses on understanding, evaluating, and improving the welfare of dairy animals from a biological perspective.