Peter T Thomsen

Summary

Affiliation: Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
Country: Denmark

Publications

  1. Mortality (including euthanasia) among Danish dairy cows (1990-2001)
    Peter T Thomsen
    Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, PO Bor 50, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark
    Prev Vet Med 62:19-33
  2. Intra- and inter-observer agreement of a protocol for clinical examination of dairy cows
    Peter T Thomsen
    Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, P O Box 50, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark
    Prev Vet Med 75:133-9
  3. Dairy cow mortality. A review
    P T Thomsen
    Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Tjele, Denmark
    Vet Q 28:122-9
  4. Loser cows in Danish dairy herds: definition, prevalence and consequences
    Peter T Thomsen
    Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, P O Box 50, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark
    Prev Vet Med 79:116-35
  5. Loser cows in Danish dairy herds: risk factors
    Peter T Thomsen
    Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, P O Box 50, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark
    Prev Vet Med 79:136-54
  6. Evaluation of a lameness scoring system for dairy cows
    P T Thomsen
    University of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, Tjele, Denmark
    J Dairy Sci 91:119-26
  7. Evaluation of three commercial hoof-care products used in footbaths in Danish dairy herds
    P T Thomsen
    University of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Tjele, Denmark
    J Dairy Sci 91:1361-5
  8. Euthanasia of Danish dairy cows evaluated in two questionnaire surveys
    Peter T Thomsen
    Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Welfare and Nutrition, Tjele, Denmark
    Acta Vet Scand 50:33

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. Mortality (including euthanasia) among Danish dairy cows (1990-2001)
    Peter T Thomsen
    Department of Animal Health and Welfare, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, PO Bor 50, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark
    Prev Vet Med 62:19-33
    ..Replies from the questionnaire indicate that the proportion of euthanised cows has increased in the past 5 years. In 86% of all deaths (questionnaire survey) a primary reason could be identified; 25% were for locomotor disorders...
  2. Intra- and inter-observer agreement of a protocol for clinical examination of dairy cows
    Peter T Thomsen
    Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, P O Box 50, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark
    Prev Vet Med 75:133-9
    ..Without any formal training of the observers we found PABAK in the range 0.36-0.88 and we concluded that the choice of cut-off had an effect on the observed agreement among the observers...
  3. Dairy cow mortality. A review
    P T Thomsen
    Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Tjele, Denmark
    Vet Q 28:122-9
    ..Additionally, recommendations for future recordings of mortality that will enable better possibilities for comparison of study results, generalization of results from a study population to a larger population and meta-analysis are given...
  4. Loser cows in Danish dairy herds: definition, prevalence and consequences
    Peter T Thomsen
    Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, P O Box 50, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark
    Prev Vet Med 79:116-35
    ..Loser cows were often culled in an 'unfavourable' way and generally caused extra workload for the farmer. A simplified version of the loser cow score was evaluated and is recommended for future research and use in practice...
  5. Loser cows in Danish dairy herds: risk factors
    Peter T Thomsen
    Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, P O Box 50, DK 8830 Tjele, Denmark
    Prev Vet Med 79:136-54
    ..38) for cows giving birth to twins at the last calving before the scoring. Additionally, cows scored on pasture had a significantly lower odds ratio (0.26) for the loser cow state compared to cows scored in the barn...
  6. Evaluation of a lameness scoring system for dairy cows
    P T Thomsen
    University of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Research Centre Foulum, Tjele, Denmark
    J Dairy Sci 91:119-26
    ..In conclusion, the results suggest that the lameness categories were not equidistant and the scoring system has reasonable reliability in terms of intra- and interobserver agreement...
  7. Evaluation of three commercial hoof-care products used in footbaths in Danish dairy herds
    P T Thomsen
    University of Aarhus, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Health, Welfare and Nutrition, Tjele, Denmark
    J Dairy Sci 91:1361-5
    ..5. For all hoof-care products, the difference between treatment and control sides was not statistically significant. Overall, there was no effect on percentage cured or percentage new infections for any of the tested hoof-care products...
  8. Euthanasia of Danish dairy cows evaluated in two questionnaire surveys
    Peter T Thomsen
    Department of Animal Health, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Welfare and Nutrition, Tjele, Denmark
    Acta Vet Scand 50:33
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