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Effect of Type of Cow-Calf Contact on Health, Blood Parameters, and Performance of Dairy Cows and Calves [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Prolonged cow-calf contact (CCC) could potentially improve dairy calf welfare. However, it is currently unknown how different types of CCC affect animals' biological functions. We evaluated health and performance parameters of dairy calves and their dams,
Margret L. Wenker, Margret L. Wenker, Cynthia M. Verwer, Eddie A. M. Bokkers, Dennis E. te Beest, Gerrit Gort, Daiana de Oliveira, Ad Koets, Rupert M. Bruckmaier, Josef J. Gross, Cornelis G. van Reenen, Cornelis G. van Reenen   +11 more
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Shaping cow-calf contact systems: Farmers' motivations and considerations behind a range of different cow-calf contact systems [PDF]

Journal of Dairy Science, 2023
: Most dairy farms rear calves artificially by separating the newly born calf from the dam and feeding the calf milk from a bucket. However, the general public and scientific community have begun to question the effects of artificial rearing on animal ...
Maja Bertelsen, Mette Vaarst
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Dairy farmers' perspectives on providing cow-calf contact in the pasture-based systems of New Zealand [PDF]

Journal of Dairy Science, 2022
: Separation of the cow and calf shortly after birth is a common practice on commercial dairy farms around the world, but there are emerging concerns about this practice among citizens and other stakeholders.
Heather W. Neave, Christine L. Sumner, Roxanne J.T. Henwood, Gosia Zobel, Katie Saunders, Helen Thoday, Trevor Watson, James R. Webster   +7 more
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Time budgets of dairy cows in a cow-calf contact system with automatic milking [PDF]

JDS Communications
Daily time budgets can be used to determine the amount of time cows allocate to different behaviors throughout the day and can be useful when evaluating housing and management systems. There is a growing interest in keeping dairy cows and calves together
Teresa Johansson, Sigrid Agenäs, Mikaela Lindberg   +2 more
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Factors contributing to milk yield variation among cows in a cow–calf contact system in early lactation [PDF]

JDS Communications, 2022
The conventional dairy production system involves separation of the cow and calf at around 24 h after birth. Due to public concerns regarding this early separation, a few farmers are taking up the cow–calf contact system. However, some farmers have cited
Eva K. Mutua, Marie J. Haskell
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Effect of debonding on stress indicators in cows and calves in a cow-calf contact system [PDF]

JDS Communications
Premature separation, entailing a mixture of stressful events, follows a period of cow-calf contact in dairy production. We hypothesized that timing and length of debonding (i.e., gradually adapting cow and calf to separation) may affect behavioral ...
Julie Føske Johnsen, Johanne Sørby, Sabine Ferneborg, Stine Grønmo Kischel   +3 more
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Methods for estimating milk production of dairy cows with full cow-calf contact [PDF]

JDS Communications
Dairy cows with full cow-calf contact can nurse their calves and perform maternal behaviors without hindrance. Owing to the unrestricted suckling, the total milk production of the suckled cows (i.e., machine milk yield [MMY] and milk consumed by the calf)
C.L. van Zyl, A.T.M. van Knegsel, S. Agenäs, E.A.M. Bokkers   +3 more
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Brief research report: Fertility, teat, and body condition of foster cows in a cow–calf contact system [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
One alternative to early cow–calf separation is continuous foster cow-calf contact, where one cow nurses two to four calves without being milked. However, multiple sucklings may compromise teat and body condition and affect fertility.
Katharina A. Zipp, Rebecca Franz-Wippermann, Ute Knierim   +2 more
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Exploring factors influencing machine milk yield of dairy cows in cow-calf contact systems: Cow behavior, animal characteristics, and milking management [PDF]

JDS Communications
The objective of this study was to explore factors contributing to low machine milk yield of cows with cow-calf contact. Danish Holstein dairy cows were assigned to 1 of 3 cow-calf contact treatments: full-time with the calf (n = 24), part-time with the ...
Heather W. Neave, Emma Hvidtfeldt Jensen, Amelie Solarino, Margit Bak Jensen   +3 more
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Public attitude toward and perceptions of dairy cattle welfare in cow-calf management systems differing in type of social and maternal contact

Journal of Dairy Science, 2022
: Early cow-calf separation followed by individual housing of calves is standard practice on dairy farms. However, a growing body of evidence suggests that as awareness grows the public will oppose these practices, which could compromise the dairy ...
L.V. Sirovica, C. Ritter, J. Hendricks, D.M. Weary, S. Gulati, M.A.G. von Keyserlingk   +5 more
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