Figure 1

The distribution of number of welfare remarks¹on nine animal-based measurements used to form a gold standard for defining good welfare in a study involving 55 Swedish dairy herds in 2005. ²The animal-based measurements were: cleanliness and body condition in calves, cows and young stock, as well as lameness, injuries/inflammations and rising behaviour (in cows only). ¹A welfare remark was assigned to the herd if any of the animal-based measurements was above the 90^th percentile = 10% worst. ²A herd with no measurements above the 90^th percentile was considered to be a herd with good welfare (first bar).