@inproceedings{orgprints8252,
           title = {Organic Cow Comfort
- an advisorytool to secure animal welfare on organic dairy farms in Norway 

},
          author = {Britt I. F. Henriksen and Lise Gr\ova and Camilla Kielland},
            year = {2006},
             url = {http://orgprints.org/8252/},
        abstract = {Organic Cow Comfort is an advisory tool in animal welfare, developed to secure animal welfare on organic dairy farms in Norway. The farm advisory tool consists of
?	A farm visit by a veterinarian and a production advisor both specialized in animal welfare and organic farming
?	An evaluation of herd health and welfare through welfare assessment
?	Advice on disease prevention and improve-ment of animal welfare
?	Follow up visit by an advisor looking at im-plementation of new initiatives
?	Counselling meetings with groups of farmer
The evaluation of herd health and welfare is done with the help of checklists where animal based pa-rameters, farm management and operating systems, and human-animal relationship are recorded. A report is prepared after every farm visit with a health and welfare plan where specific measures for improve-ment of animal welfare are outlined.  


}
}