Webinar on “Recording and evaluation of BCS and its relationship with health and welfare”. 31 May 2022

This page contains the whole video of the ICAR/IDF webinar on “Recording and evaluation of BCS and its relationship with health and welfare” held on 31 May 2022 during the ICAR Annual Conference in Montreal.

Programme

  • Introduction
    C. Egger-Danner (ICAR FT WG)
  • BCS recording and biology
    N. Gengler (ICAR FT WG) and N. Friggens (INRAE)
  • The relationship between body condition score and cow well-being
    M. Haskell (ICAR FT WG)
  • BCS and conformation: from recording to data quality assurance
    M. van Pelt (ICAR CR WG)
  • Automatic technology and BCS recording: possibilities, reliability and requirements for data exchange
    S. Sievert (ICAR MRSD SC) and R. Fourdraine (ICAR Animal Data Exchange WG)
  • Economics of early detection of diseases by using BCS
    H. Hogeveen (IDF SCAHW)
  • Genetics of body condition score and its association with feed efficiency, fertility and health.
    A. Köck (ZuchtData) and J. Pryce (ICAR FT WG)
  • BCS and it’s use for optimization of feeding / herd management
    D. Santschi (Lactanet)