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        <dc:title>Einfluss der Mensch-Tier-Beziehung auf die Eutergesundheit bei Milchkühen</dc:title>
        <dc:subject> Health and welfare</dc:subject>
        <dc:description>This project is part of pro-Q-project (Promotion of udder health and quality of biologically produced milk in Switzerland; http://www.fibl.org/forschung/tiergesundheit/komplementaermedizin/pro-q.php)&#13;
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Mastitis is a disease with many factors. So there is not only one solution to solve the problem of mastitis. One hypothesis regards the human-animal-relationship as one factor influencing udder health. So it can be assumed that a calm interaction leads to behavioural balanced cows followed by more stable health parameters.&#13;
Project aims:&#13;
To investigate the importance of human-animal-relationship as a mastitis factor.&#13;
Methodology:&#13;
The project is carried out on 50 farms and consists three parts: &#13;
1. Observation of vocalisation and tactile interaction during milking&#13;
2. Observation of the approach reaction of the cows to an unfamiliar person (avoidance distance)&#13;
3. Questionnaire of stockperson’s attitude&#13;
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Involved organisations, project partners:&#13;
-Susanne Waiblinger, University of  Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria&#13;
-Ute Knierim, University of Organic Agricultural Sciences, Kassel-Witzenhausen, Germany&#13;
-Christoph Winckler, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria&#13;
Literature:&#13;
Walkenhorst, M., F. Heil, S. Ivemeyer, P. Klocke, C. Notz und J. Spranger (2005): Pro-Q: Strategien zur Verbesserung der Eutergesundheit und Minimierung des Antibiotikaeinsatzes in schweizerischen Biomilchviehbetrieben, Beitrag zur 8. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, Kassel, http://orgprints.org/3876/01/3876.pdf&#13;
WAIBLINGER, S., MENKE, C.,  COLEMAN, G. (2002): The relationship between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople and subsequent behaviour and production of dairy cows, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 79: 195-219&#13;
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        <dc:type>Project description</dc:type>
        <dc:type>NonPeerReviewed</dc:type>
        <dc:identifier>{Project} MTB: Einfluss der Mensch-Tier-Beziehung auf die Eutergesundheit bei MilchkÃ¼hen. [Impact of Human-Animal-Relationship on udder health of dairy cows.] Runs 2002 - 2007. Project Leader(s): Ivemeyer, Silvia, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), CH-5070 Frick. More information online at &lt;http://www.fibl.org/de/schweiz/forschung/tiergesundheit.html &lt;http://www.fibl.org/de/schweiz/forschung/tiergesundheit.html&gt;&gt;.</dc:identifier>
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