A benchmarking study of animal care practices related to cattle pain and stress in cow-calf operations in Western Canada

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dc.contributor.advisorWindeyer, Claire
dc.contributor.advisorPajor, Ed
dc.contributor.authorMoggy, Melissa Ann
dc.contributor.committeememberThurston, Wilfreda
dc.contributor.committeememberCampbell, John
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-30T18:21:12Z
dc.date.available2016-11-30T18:21:12Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractPain and stress are two major concerns in terms of animal welfare. The “Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle” (COPB) is a Canadian set of guidelines that promotes optimal husbandry practices. Cow-calf producers in western Canada were sent a questionnaire to identify current management practices associated with cattle pain and stress. Fifteen respondents were interviewed on-farm to explore producers’ perceptions of pain in cattle and their rationale for the acceptance or rejection of pain and stress mitigation strategies. The majority of producers did not use pain mitigation at processing, but processed calves at an early age. The majority of respondents did not properly confirm death following on-farm euthanasia, did not use a non-abrupt weaning method, and had not read the COPB. Qualitative results of this study may provide direction for policy-making, research, and extension efforts to encourage the adoption of pain and stress mitigation practices.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMoggy, M. A. (2016). A benchmarking study of animal care practices related to cattle pain and stress in cow-calf operations in Western Canada (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24632en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24632
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3469
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.facultyVeterinary Medicine
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectVeterinary Science
dc.subject.classificationanimal welfareen_US
dc.subject.classificationbeef cattleen_US
dc.subject.classificationmanagement practicesen_US
dc.subject.classificationproducer perceptionsen_US
dc.subject.classificationPainen_US
dc.subject.classificationstressen_US
dc.titleA benchmarking study of animal care practices related to cattle pain and stress in cow-calf operations in Western Canada
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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