Most transition diseases occur during the three weeks after calving, many of which are triggered at birth. Creating a low-stress calving pen can have positive impacts on dairy cow welfare by limiting the amount of time cows spend in labor and allowing cows to perform maternal behaviors.

Do cows experience pain after calving?

This might sound like a silly question – especially for those who have experienced childbirth.

Olympic runner and dairy farmer Elle Purrier St. Pierre kicked off the 2022 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, drawing parallels between training to become an Olympic athlete and dairy farming.

Dairy cows have a natural drive to groom themselves and to scratch those hard-to-reach itches on their bodies. When given the opportunity, dairy cattle use mechanical brushes daily at every stage of their lives.

Salmonellosis has the unenviable distinction of being one of the most common causes of foodborne illness and zoonotic disease in Canada.

When it comes to cow-calf separation, there is no easy answer. Society has its concerns, but most of today’s dairy farms are designed with this practice in mind.

Traditional animal monitoring systems can be cumbersome.