Research Project Details

Improving cow comfort to increase longevity in tie stalls and free stalls in Quebec and Ontario dairy herds

Lay Title: Improving cow comfort to increase longevity in tie stalls and free stalls in Quebec and Ontario dairy herds

Start Date: Apr-2010

Duration: 3 years.

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

Funding Groups
Primary Funding Group: Dairy Farmers of Canada - Dairy Research Cluster
Matching Funding Group: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

Dr. Anne Marie de Passill�
Lead Researcher, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Pacific Agri-Food Research - Agassiz Site
Dr. Doris Pellerin
Collaborator 1, Universit� Laval - Facult� des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'alimentation - D�partement des sciences animales
Dr. Daniel Lefebvre
Collaborator 2, Programme d'analyses des troupeaux laitiers du Qu�bec
Dr. Jean Durocher
Collaborator 3, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre
Dr. Trevor DeVries
Collaborator 4, University of Guelph - Kemptville Campus
Dr. Derek Haley
Collaborator 5, University of Guelph - Ontario Veterinary College
Dr. Stephen LeBlanc
Collaborator 6, University of Guelph - Ontario Veterinary College
Dr. David F. Kelton
Collaborator 7, University of Guelph - Ontario Veterinary College
Dr. Jeffrey P. Rushen
Collaborator 8, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Pacific Agri-Food Research - Agassiz Site
Dr. Daniel M. Weary
Collaborator 9, University of British Columbia - Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Dr. Karin Orsel
Collaborator 10, University of Calgary

Title	Type	Technical Level
A non-invasive method to measure lameness of cows in tie-stalls	Poster	layman
Calving management practices in Ontario, Canada	Poster	layman
Lying times of dairy cattle on tie-stall farms	Poster	layman
On-farm evaluation tool to help producers improve cow comfort	Poster	layman
Stocking Density and Lying Times on Free-Stall Farms in Canada	Poster	layman
The relationship between lying time and the prevalence of lameness in free-stall dairy barns in Alberta	Poster	layman
Comment identifier une vache boiteuse	Press	layman
Enhanced management - New farm tool provides ideas to improve productivity, animal welfare and industry image with consumers	Press	layman
Les facteurs de confort qui influencent la durée de vie des vaches	Press	layman
Measuring up - Research project to improving cow longevity also benchmarks key aspects of adherence to Code of Practice recommendations	Press	layman
Improving cow comfort to increase longevity in tie stalls and free stalls in Quebec and Ontario dairy herds	Description	layman

Title	Type	Technical Level
A training programme to ensure high repeatability of injury scoring of dairy cows	Print Articles	scientific
An assessment tool to help producers improve cow comfort on their farms.	Print Articles	scientific
Associations between lying behavior and lameness in Canadian Holstein-Friesian cows housed in freestall barns	Print Articles	scientific
Calving management practices on Canadian dairy farms: Prevalence of practices	Print Articles	scientific
Can automated measures of lying time help assess lameness and leg lesions on tie-stall dairy farms?	Print Articles	scientific
Cow- and farm-level risk factors for lameness on dairy farms with automated milking systems	Print Articles	scientific
Lying times of lactating cows on dairy farms with automatic milking systems and the relation to lameness, leg lesions, and body condition score	Print Articles	scientific
Sampling cows to assess lying time for on-farm animal welfare assessment	Print Articles	scientific