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Learn How To Assess

This page provides detailed instructions for the assessor and defines how to evaluate each measure.

Click on the links below to learn more.​

Which Animals to Assess                       When to Look                         Where to Look
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This section follows the guidelines presented in the Dairy Well Audit. This audit will be used by PAACO for auditor training.

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Click on the link above to review the entire audit, or the links below to learn how to evaluate each of the measures.

Outcome-Based Measures 

Body condition score 
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Broken tail
Dehydration
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Hock injuries
Hygiene
Knee injuries
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Lameness
Neck and other injuries ​
​Tail docking



Protocol-Based Measures

Facility-Based Measures

Biosecurity 
​Cow care agreement
Emergency action plan
Environmental management
​Fitness for transport
Herd health plan
Humane euthanasia ​
Maternity management
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Non-ambulatory cattle
Painful procedures
​Personnel training
Record keeping
Veterinarian client patient relationship (VCPR)
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Water access and cleanliness
Lying surface
​Freedom of space 
​Sick cow pen
Thermal comfort
​Trainers
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This section follows the guidelines presented in the National Dairy FARM Program Assessment.

Click on the link above to review the entire assessment, or the links below to learn how to evaluate each of the measures.

Outcome-Based Measures 

Body condition score 
Hock injuries
Hygiene
Knee injuries
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Lameness 
Neck and other injuries ​
​Tail docking

Protocol-Based Measures

Biosecurity
Dairy cattle care and ethics agreement
Emergency preparedness
Herd health plan
​Housing management
Record keeping
Training documentation
Veterinarian client patient relationship (VCPR)


Facility-Based Measures

Access to water
Lying surface
​​Freedom of space
Thermal comfort

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This section follows the guidelines presented in the Validus Audit.

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 Click on the links below to learn how to evaluate each of the measures.

Outcome-Based Measures

Tail docking

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The information used to score additional outcome-based measures for Validus is not publicly available; however, annual trainings are held for this auditing program.

Protocol-Based Measures

Emergency response
Herd health plan
​Housing management
Sick cattle monitoring
Veterinarian client patient relationship (VCPR)

​Facility-Based Measures

Air quality
​Lying surface

Sick cow pen
Freedom of space
Thermal comfort

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The following measures are not formally included in the Dairy Well, Validus, or FARM audits and assessments, but they provide additional insights into the welfare of dairy cattle. These measures can be found in other assessments, such as the UCD Cow-Calf Assessment and Welfare Quality®​.

​Click on the links below to learn how to evaluate each of the measures.

Outcome-Based Measures

​Diarrhea 
Moving aid use ​ 
Nasal discharge
Ocular discharge 
Slipping ​​
​Stall lameness scoring
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Tail twist
​Other

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