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Assessing the effect of trees on the welfare of dairy cows by limiting insect pressure

Bonnefous, C.; Weirauch, F.; Verhulst, N. O.; Hochstrasser, A.L.; Schwenne, P.; Amsler, Z.; Christen, O.; Holinger, M. and Maurer, V. (2025) Assessing the effect of trees on the welfare of dairy cows by limiting insect pressure. Poster at: Annual Meeting of the Swiss Vector Entomology Group (SVEG), Lausanne, Switzerland, 23-24 January, 2025.

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Summary

Insect pressure on grazing animals is increasing with global warming. Using chemical products to protect grazing animals is not permitted on organic farms.How can we limit insect pressure on grazing animals ?


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Poster
Keywords:Dairy cows, cow welfare, insect limitation, repellent, Abacus, FiBL50150
Agrovoc keywords:
Language
Value
URI
English
dairy cows
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_26767
English
insect control
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3885
English
animal welfare
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_443
Subjects: Animal husbandry > Production systems > Dairy cattle
Animal husbandry > Health and welfare
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Animal welfare & housing > Animal husbandry
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Animal welfare & housing > Animal welfare
Related Links:https://www.fibl.org/en/themes/projectdatabase/projectitem/project/2685
Deposited By: Ellenberger, Maura
ID Code:56749
Deposited On:11 Feb 2026 17:07
Last Modified:11 Feb 2026 17:07
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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