Avoidance Distance in Sheltered Cows and Its Association with Other Welfare Parameters.

ABSTRACT: The human-animal relationship is an important welfare parameter in animal welfare assessment in cows, and the avoidance distance of cows to a stranger at the feed bunk is measured to assess this relationship. The assessment of the human-animal relationship in cow shelters in India, where old, unproductive, and abandoned cows are sheltered, is important to explore the welfare of cows in these shelters. The cows observed were of indigenous Indian breeds and breeds which were crosses between indigenous breeds and pure bred exotic cows. The human-animal contact in this context is of particular interest for welfare assessment as traditional Indian farming and sheltering systems involves regular close human-animal contact. In a cross-sectional study across 6 states, 54 cow shelters were visited

SUBMITTER: Sharma A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6680585 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature