Smallholder Dairy Cow Welfare In Midlands Province, Zimbabwe : Smallholder dairy cattle welfare in Zimbabwe

ISBN-13: 9783330021815 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 116 str.

Zivanayi Matore; Pamela Woods; Richardson Kagler

Opis

Zimbabwe's smallholder dairy is characterized by challenges such as high cost of conventional feeds, low capital base and severe resource constraints. These challenges impact negatively on the welfare of dairy cattle.Poor cattle welfare was evidenced in this study by the presence of higher proportion of cows with low body condition scores, longer avoidance distances, presence of severely lame cows, and high cleanliness scores.With increasing awareness by consumers on animal welfare issues there is definite need to address dairy cattle welfare in Zimbabwe if viability of the dairy sector is to be maintained

O autorze

I was born in Zimbabwe in 1984 and i attained an Msc dairy science degree in 2016 from University of Zimbabwe. I am currently employed by the Zimbabwe Ministry of agriculture as a livestock specialist. I have keen interest in animal welfare and public health. This work was presented at SASVEPM 2016 Capetown conference.