Thomas Zanon
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
22 Papers
Thomas Zanon is an academic researcher from Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Herd. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
First evaluation of the practicability of the CLASSYFARM welfare assessment protocol in Italian small-scale mountain dairy farms - a case study
L. Holighaus,Thomas Zanon,N. Kemper,M. Gauly +3 more
TL;DR: The Classyfarm protocol is not fully applicable to small-scale mountain dairy farms due to its current design. Further adjustments are needed to ensure its effectiveness in this context.
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Development of a benchmarking tool to assess the welfare of dairy cattle on small-scale farms.
Ioanna Poulopoulou,Thomas Zanon,Mousaab Alrhmoun,Katja Katzenberger,L. Holighaus,Matthias Gauly +5 more
TL;DR: A benchmarking tool was developed to assess dairy cattle welfare on small-scale farms, evaluating 1,891 cows from 204 herds in South Tyrol, Italy, revealing areas for improvement and differences between freestall and tiestall housing systems.
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Evaluation of the systematic recording of diagnostic data in the Valdostana cattle
TL;DR: A first approach towards a health recording system for cattle has been proposed in Italy as discussed by the authors, where no systematic recording of diagnostic data for improving animal health and welfare at farm level is available.
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Tracking free-ranging sheep to evaluate interrelations between selective grazing, movement patterns and the botanical composition of alpine summer pastures in northern Italy
Maria Wild,Matthias Gauly,Thomas Zanon,Johannes Isselstein,Martin Komainda +4 more
TL;DR: The study highlights the opportunity of animal tracking in remote areas and provides indications for selective grazing of sheep under conditions of free choice, presumably as a result of the targeted selection of nutritious plant species.
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Case study of the market situation of calves from Alpine dairy farms and the effect of dams’ grazing during the last three months of gestation on auction parameters
Thomas Zanon,L. Degano,Matthias Gauly,Pietro Sartor,Giulio Cozzi +4 more
TL;DR: The market situation of calves from Alpine dairy farms is characterized by an increase in crossbred calves and a stable market value. Dams grazing during the last three months of gestation had a limited negative effect on calves’ liveweight and quality traits at auctions.
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