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Cattle: Animal Welfare

Written question asked by Greg Knight (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 February 2015 (named day). It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 February 2015 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned or carried out into the welfare of intensively-farmed dairy cattle which spend the majority or all of their lives indoors.

Answer

The Department funded a 3 year project in 2008 entitled âAW1026: A study to investigate the management and welfare of continuously housed dairy cows.â

The final report has been published on our website and is available at the following link:

http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&ProjectID=15761&FromSearch=Y&Publisher=1&SearchText=AW1026&SortString=ProjectCode&SortOrder=Asc&Paging=10#Description

Type

Written question

Reference

223946

Session

2014-15

Subjects

Animal welfare

Cattle

Dairy farming

Link

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