Farm Animal Welfare in Organic Production - Dairy Cattle

Animal Welfare Assessment

• NEW!! Tail docking dairy cattle: Responses from an online engagement (Res)
• NEW!! Animal health and welfare planning in organic dairy cattle farms (Res)
• Aligning health and welfare principles and practice in organic dairy systems: a review (Res)
• Animal health and welfare in organic livestock production in Europe: current state and future challenges (Res)
• Animal welfare assessment benchmarking as a tool for health and welfare planning in organic dairy herds (Res)
• Animal Welfare Task Force has provided additional guidance for the optimal welfare of dairy cattle (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
• Assessment of the welfare of dairy cattle using animal-based measurements (Res)
• Give a Cow a Name and She Will Give You More Milk (Ext)
• The impact of genetic selection for increased milk yield on the welfare of dairy cows (Res)

 

• National Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Dairy Cattle (PDF, 1.3 MB) (National Farm Animal Care Council) (Ext)
• Organic dairy farming in Europe (Res)
• Outline of cow welfare critical control points for dairies (Grandin Livestock Handling Systems) (Ext)
• Suitability of Purebred and Crossbred Dairy Cows for Organic Systems (Res)

Calf Care

• Calf welfare in organic herds - Planning for the future (PDF, 2.5 MB) (Ext)
• The potential of suckling systems in calf rearing in Dutch organic dairy farming: practical implementation and live weight development (Res)
• Practical implications of increasing 'natural living' through suckling systems in organic dairy calf rearing (Res)
• Prolonged calving interval and reduced supplementation in an organic dairy herd (Res)
• Raising calves on organic dairy farms (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
• Suckling systems in calf rearing in organic dairy farming in the Netherlands (Res)

Disease and Parasite Management

• NEW!! Effect of human-animal relationship and management on udder health in Swiss dairy herds (Res)
• NEW!! Effects of health and welfare planning on the use of antibiotics and udder health in European dairy farms (Res)
• A randomized controlled trial to compare the use of homeopathy and internal Teat Sealers for the prevention of mastitis in organically farmed dairy cows (Res)
• The ability of the biological control agent Duddingtonia flagrans to reduce the availability of livestock parasites on pasture (Res)
• An approach to the study of mastitis control in organic dairy herds in the UK (FAO) (Ext)
• Biologic and botanical approaches to dairy treatments (Res)
• Control of lice and mange mites in cattle (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
• Different grazing systems and their effect on survival of internal worms of cattle (Res)
• Efficacy of homeopathic preparations in the prevention of mastitis in dairy cattle (Organic Farming Research Foundation) (Res)

 

• Ethnoveterinary medicines used for ruminants in British Columbia, Canada (Res)
• Herd health and health management in organic versus conventional dairy herds in Norway (Res)
• Homeopathic mastitis control in Ireland (Res)
• Index of Cattle Diseases (Organic-Vet) (Ext)
• Management of pest flies on organic farms (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
• Managing Parasites of Grazing Livestock (Res)
• Mastitis, ketosis, and milk fever in 31 organic and 93 conventional Norwegian dairy herds (Res)

 

• Organic parasite control in cattle (ATTRA) (Ext)
• Recent experiences in application of homeopathy in farm animals (Res)
• Somatic Cell Counts of Dairy Cows following Homeopathic and Antibiotic Mastitis Treatment (Ext)
• Towards an Organic System for Cattle Fly Control: a Push and a Pull? (Res)
• Whacking the hornet nest: Talking about humane cow care is a good thing, isn’t it? (Rodale) (Ext)

Feed Access

• Effect of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme on the welfare of dairy cattle (Res)
• Improving feed access through feed bunk design and management (UBC) (Ext)

 

Housing

• Assessment of welfare and productive performance in dairy cows organically reared in plains or hilly areas (Res)
• Cow Behaviour to Judge Free-stall and Tie-stall Barns (OMAFRA) (Ext)
• Cow comfort and stall maintenance (UBC) (Ext)
• Dairy Cow Comfort - Cow Behaviour to Judge Free Stall and Tie Stall Barns (OMAFRA) (Ext)
• The effect of management system on mortality and other welfare indicators in Pennsylvania dairy herds (Res)
• Heat stress in ruminants (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
• Planning for reduced stress in the herringbone milking parlour
• Stall dimensions and the prevalence of lameness, injury, and cleanliness on 317 tie-stall dairy farms in Ontario (Res)
• A review of welfare in cattle, sheep and pig lairages, with emphasis on stocking rates, ventilation and noise (Res)

 

Lameness

• The Effects of Lameness on Social and Individual Behavior of Dairy Cows (Res)
• Identifying lameness in dairy cattle (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
• Lameness prevalence and risk factors in organic and non-organic dairy herds in the United Kingdom (Res)

 

Pain Management

• NEW!! The long and short of it: A review of tail docking in farm animals(Ext)
• Pain management in livestock husbandry: Disbudding and dehorning (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
• Pain Management in Livestock Husbandry: 2. Castration, Branding & Tail Docking (Animal Welfare Taskforce) (Ext)
• Reducing pain due to caustic paste dehorning (UBC) (Ext)

 

Slaughter

• Culling reasons in organic and conventional dairy herds and genotype by environment interaction for longevity (Res)
• The Welfare of Cull Holstein Cows in an Abattoir: Testing the Effects of a Workshop on Humane Handling (Res)

 

 

 

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