Visual assessment of body condition and skin soiling in cattle by professionals and undergraduate students using photo slides

Staaf Larsson, BirgittaSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för anatomi, fysiologi och biokemi,SCAW Nationellt centrum för djurvälfärd,Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry (AFB) (author)

We aimed to study to what extent body condition and skin soiling in cattle are rated differently depending on the profession, education and professional experience of assessors. Data were collected at 15 group-training sessions in the years 2009-2016. Totally, 569 persons; Swedish animal welfare inspectors, veterinarians/advisers, animal welfare scientists, other animal professionals as well as undergraduate students in animal science rated a set of 6-40 photos with respect to animal body condition, animal skin soiling, and recommended corrective action in response to perceived animal soiling. The more extensive animal science education, the less prone animal welfare inspectors were to give higher body condition scores. Students had a higher overall probability of rating the degree of soiling higher than the animal welfare inspectors and veterinarians/advisers. Students also recommended stricter corrective actions than did welfare inspectors and veterinarians/advisers, and veterinarians/advisers recommended less strict actions than animal welfare inspectors.

Petersson, ErikSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för akvatiska resurser,Department of Aquatic Resources(Swepub:slu)50398 (author)
Steen, MargaretaSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för anatomi, fysiologi och biokemi,,Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry (AFB),SCAW Nationellt centrum för djurvälfärd(Swepub:slu)48832 (author)
Hultgren, JanSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences,Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet,Institutionen för husdjurens miljö och hälsa (HMH),Department of Animal Environment and Health(Swepub:slu)49095 (author)
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
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In:Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A - Animal Science: Informa UK Limited70, s. 31-400906-47021651-1972

By the author/editor: Staaf Larsson, B ...; Petersson, Erik; Steen, Margareta; Hultgren, Jan

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