Research Project Details

Cow comfort: free-stall design and the vulnerable cow

Lay Title: Cow comfort: free-stall design and the vulnerable cow

Start Date: Jan-2002

Duration: 2 years.

Subjects: Health, Animal comfort, Antibiomicrobial resistance, Animal Welfare, Barn design

Funding Groups
Primary Funding Group: Dairy Farmers of Canada - PESAC
Matching Funding Group: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

Dr. Daniel M. Weary
Lead Researcher, University of British Columbia - Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Dr. David Fraser
Collaborator 1, University of British Columbia - Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Dr. J.A. Shelford
Collaborator 2, University of British Columbia - Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Dr. Anne Marie de Passill�
Collaborator 3, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Pacific Agri-Food Research - Agassiz Site
Dr. Jeffrey P. Rushen
Collaborator 4, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Pacific Agri-Food Research - Agassiz Site

Title	Type	Technical Level
Cows Prefer Comfortable and Well-Maintained Free-Stalls	Press	layman
Bacterial populations on teat ends of dairy cows housed in free stalls and bedded with either sand or sawdust.	Scientific	scientific
Bedding on geotextile mattresses: How much is needed to improve cow comfort?	Scientific	scientific
Designing better water troughs: Dairy cows prefer and drink more from larger troughs.	Scientific	scientific
Effect of hoof pathologies on subjective assessments of dairy cow gait.	Scientific	scientific
Effect of rubber flooring in front of the feed bunk on the time budgets of dairy cattle.	Scientific	scientific
Free-stall dimension: Effects on preference and stall usage.	Scientific	scientific
Free-stall maintenance: Effects on lying behaviour of dairy cattle.	Scientific	scientific
Hoof pathologies influence kinematic measures of dairy co gait.	Scientific	scientific
Improving stall design: Use of 3D kinematics to measure space use by dairy cows when lying down.	Scientific	scientific
Influence of neck-rail placement on free-stall preference, use and cleanliness.	Scientific	scientific