Dairy consumption 2023.01.19 Danish milk consumers are critical of advanced breeding methods in dairy production Danish milk consumers are critical of advanced breeding methods in dairy production, but only 1 in 5 is unwilling to drink milk from dairy cows bred with semen derived from such methods Lund, T.B., Sandøe, P., Secher,…
2021.07.01 Danish Dairy Farmers' Acceptance of and Willingness to Use Semen from Bulls Produced by Means of in Vitro Embryo Production and Genomic Selection This cross-sectional study surveyed Danish dairy farmers' general acceptance of a set of a new advanced set of breeding technologies and their reported likelihood of using semen produced with them.
2018.08.01 Breeding Blues: An ethical evaluation of the plan to reduce calving difficulties in Danish Blue cattle By P. Sandøe, L.F. Theut & M. Denwood (2018) Preprint version of contribution to the EurSafe 2018 Conference Abstract Danish Blue Cattle is a breed of cattle originating from the Belgian White Blue Cattle (BWB), a breed…
2010.08.02 Breeding for behavioural change in farm animals: Practical, economic and ethical considerations By R. B. D'Eath, J. Conington, A. B. Lawrence, I. A. S. Olsson & P. Sandøe (2010) Animal Welfare. UFAW Abstract In farm animal breeding, behavioural traits are rarely included in selection programmes despite their…
2010.08.02 Genomic dairy cattle breeding: Risks and opportunities for cow welfare By T. Mark & P. Sandøe (2010) Animal Welfare. UFAW Abstract The aim of this paper is to discuss the potential consequences of modern dairy cattle breeding for the welfare of dairy cows. The paper focuses on so-called…
2006.08.02 Taking Ethics into Account in Farm Animal Breeding: What can the Breed Companies Achieve? By I. A. S. Olsson, C. Gamborg & P. Sandøe (2006) Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. Springer Verlag Abstract Animal welfare and the ethical issues it raises have been discussed intensively for a couple o…
2005.08.02 Sustainability in farm animal breeding: A review By C. Gamborg & P. Sandøe (2005) Livestock Production Science. Elsevier Abstract The paper examines the notion of sustainable farm animal breeding. A brief explanation of why sustainability matters is offered first.…
2003.08.01 Breeding and biotechnology in farm animals - ethical issues By C. Gamborg & P. Sandøe (2003) Key issues in bioethics. A guide for teachers. Routledge Falmer Excerpt Over the last century, and especially since the Second World War, animal production has become ever more efficient…
1999.08.02 Staying good while playing God! The ethics of breeding farm animals By P. Sandøe, B. L. Nielsen, L. G. Christensen & P. Sørensen (1999) Animal Welfare. UFAW Abstract Modern genetics has given us some very efficient tools with which to alter the characteristics of animals. To date, farm…