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For the economic sectors, the need to address the challenges posed by natural disasters due to climate change is an outstanding issue. To date, according to the European Commission (2019), there is still a gap in the estimation of the costs of flood in all European countries and the direct impact that these floods have on agricultural activities. More specifically, the damage to livestock has been minimally studied. The aim of this study is is therefore to identify the flood damage that affects dairy cattle farms, focusing on the damage to herds caused by a flood event; in fact, poor welfare conditions of dairy cattle directly affect production and thus farm revenue. To accomplish the aim of this study, a framework was first developed to identify possible damage types. Then, scientific literature focusing on the identification of flood damage to dairy herds was reviewed, and to quantify this damage to herds, literature sources providing information on the magnitude of variation in the identified damage types were used. Thus, our results provide relevant information on the variables that should be taken into account when assessing of the direct damage affecting the overall welfare of a dairy herd after a flood event. This evidence could then contribute to the development of tools aimed at assessing damage to dairy cattle on flood-affected farms.
Anna Gaviglio; Annafrancesca Corradini; Maria Marescotti; Eugenio Demartini; Rosalia Filippini. A Theoretical Framework to Assess the Impact of Flooding on Dairy Cattle Farms: Identification of Direct Damage from an Animal Welfare Perspective. Animals 2021, 11, 1586 .
AMA StyleAnna Gaviglio, Annafrancesca Corradini, Maria Marescotti, Eugenio Demartini, Rosalia Filippini. A Theoretical Framework to Assess the Impact of Flooding on Dairy Cattle Farms: Identification of Direct Damage from an Animal Welfare Perspective. Animals. 2021; 11 (6):1586.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAnna Gaviglio; Annafrancesca Corradini; Maria Marescotti; Eugenio Demartini; Rosalia Filippini. 2021. "A Theoretical Framework to Assess the Impact of Flooding on Dairy Cattle Farms: Identification of Direct Damage from an Animal Welfare Perspective." Animals 11, no. 6: 1586.
The aim of the present research is to propose a new, quick and objective method for the certification of hunted and/or culled wild game meat quality and to monitor its origin and the hunting practices adopted by hunters. The expected deliverable is a new labelling scheme for Italian hunted wild game meat that will guarantee high quality and safety standards for consumers and will decrease transaction costs of the supply chains. During the 2015, 2016 and 2017 hunting seasons, 1,056 hunted wild ungulates were sampled. Specifically, alpine chamois (n=537), roe deer (n=113), red deer (n=342) and wild boar (n=64), which were all hunted in the VCO2-Ossola Nord hunting district (Verbania Province, Piedmont, Italy). Samples of the longissimus dorsi were collected to evaluate the nutritional parameters and the acid profiles of the products. As a measure of meat quality, pH values have been recorded after slaughtering by inserting a probe in the semimembranosus muscle. The results were categorized as DFD (pH≥6,2), intermediate DFD (5,8≤pH
Roberto Viganò; Eugenio Demartini; Fiammetta Riccardi; Annafrancesca Corradini; Martina Besozzi; Paolo Lanfranchi; Pietro Luigi Chiappini; Andrea Cottini; Anna Gaviglio. Quality parameters of hunted game meat: Sensory analysis and pH monitoring. Italian Journal of Food Safety 2019, 8, 7724 .
AMA StyleRoberto Viganò, Eugenio Demartini, Fiammetta Riccardi, Annafrancesca Corradini, Martina Besozzi, Paolo Lanfranchi, Pietro Luigi Chiappini, Andrea Cottini, Anna Gaviglio. Quality parameters of hunted game meat: Sensory analysis and pH monitoring. Italian Journal of Food Safety. 2019; 8 (1):7724.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Viganò; Eugenio Demartini; Fiammetta Riccardi; Annafrancesca Corradini; Martina Besozzi; Paolo Lanfranchi; Pietro Luigi Chiappini; Andrea Cottini; Anna Gaviglio. 2019. "Quality parameters of hunted game meat: Sensory analysis and pH monitoring." Italian Journal of Food Safety 8, no. 1: 7724.