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Marke-driven on-farm animal welfare audits, 176–177 North American beef slaughter, 126
Marketing, welfare issues related to North American Meat Institute (NAMI)
auction vs ranch calves, 216 audit, 114–115
transportation, 216–218 standards, 132–134
Mastitis, 262, 284, 285, 299, 328–329 Nose, form and function, 76–77
Maternity pen sanitation, 305–306 NSAIDs, see Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Mature cows, 202 (NSAIDs)
Meat quality, effects of handling on, 129–130 Numerical scoring, 145
Mechanical stunning devices, 131 Nutrient
Mechanoreceptors, 75, 85 cycling, 22
Meloxicam, 159 use, 244
Microbial numbers, 31–33 Nutrition, 220–221
Microbiome, in cattle, 100 animal health, 192–193
Milk production/trade, distribution of, 17–18 education and training, 193
Modern dairy industry, 331
Modern feedlots, 209 O
Mortality, 286
Muddy conditions, 223 Occipital lobe, 75
Muzzle, 76 Oceania regions, 18
Odor perception, 78
N OE, see Olfactory epithelium (OE)
Olfaction, 78
NAHMS, see National Animal Health Monitoring System and human–cattle interaction, 78
(NAHMS) Olfactory epithelium (OE), 77
NAMI, see North American Meat Institute (NAMI) Olfactory system, 76–78
Nasal airway, 77 On-farm euthanasia, 226–227
NASS, see National Agricultural Statistics Service On-site video recording system, 134
(NASS) Open lots, 325
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), 126 Oral meloxicam, 162
National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), Outdoor
126 feedlots, 222
National Beef Quality Audit, 130 pens, 129
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), 177, 213 Outer ear function, 83
National Farm Animal Care Code, 112 Oval window, 83
National Farm Animal Care Committee (NFACC), 112
National Federation of Milk Producers (NMPF), 113 P
Natural systems, 192
NCBA, see National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) PAACO, see Professional Animal Auditors Certification
Neural communication, 80 Organization (PAACO)
Neural network, 75 Parietal lobe, 75
Newborn calves, 203 Pastoral idyll of dairy farming, 257–258
New World screwworm flies, 44–45 Pasture, 255
NFACC, see National Farm Animal Care Committee access, 326
(NFACC) based dairies, 47
NHEJ, see Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) based syste ms, 325
NMPF, see National Federation of Milk Producers systems, 42
(NMPF) vegetation, 42
Nociceptors, 85 Pathogen
Nonambulatory animals, 311 prevalence, 33
in lairage, 135–136 transport, 33–34
Non-biting fly species, 46 Per capita consumption, 10
Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ), 54 Permanent ectoparasites, 44
Nonslip flooring essential, 153 Personality types, 278
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) Photopigments, 75
carprofen, 159 Pinnae function, 83
firocoxib, 159 Poll allele (P), 97
flunixin meglumine, 158–159 POLLED gene, 97
gabapentin, 160 Population growth, 10
ketoprofen, 159 Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus
meloxicam, 159 (PRRSV), 99