Can dairy cows have the best of both worlds – positive emotional states rearing their calf and subsequent stress-less separation’

Kurzbezeichnung

Cow-calf welfare

Einrichtung Vetmeduni

Zentrum für Tierernährung und Tierschutzwissenschaften

Art der Forschung

Angewandte Forschung

Forschungsschwerpunkt

Verhaltensbiologie und -ökologie

Abstract

The goal is to determine if dairy cows experience functional benefits when housed full- or part-time with their calves, and to investigate if gradual weaning methods reduce the stress at separation.