RT Book,_Whole T1 Animal Welfare and feeding management practices in dairy cattle farms A1 Trillo Dono, Yolanda A1 Quintela Arias, Luis Ángel A1 Barrio López, Mónica A1 Silva del Río, Noelia K1 Animal welfare K1 Dayry cattle AB Parameters related with the animal welfare in Northwestern Spain dairies (first chapter – Study 1) and, feeding management practices in California dairies (second and third chapter – Study 2). The aim of both studies will be focus on finding opportunities to improve. First study will be an on-farm assessment in 73 Lugo dairies ranging in size 20 – 244 cows. Measurements will be collected only once on every dairy around the time of the first milking (7 to 9 am) by the same assessor. The assessment for each dairy is composed of three sections: Observation and evaluation of the animals in the feed alley; Evaluation, measuring and rating of facilities by maintenance status; Interviewing of dairy producer (survey) about management practices of facilities and herd including cleaning practices, preventive treatment programs and outdoor access; Parameters in relation to the loading errors; Parameters in relation to the preparation and feeding times. PB IBADER (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Lugo) SN 1988-8341 YR 2018 FD 2018 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/42047 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/42047 LA eng NO Trillo Dono, Y., Quintela Arias, L.A., Barrio López, M. & Silva-del-Río, N. (2018). Animal Welfare and feeding management practices in dairy cattle farms. IBADER. https://www.ibader.gal/download.php?f=2018_MonogIBADER_AW-1365.pdf DS Minerva RD 23 abr 2026