Rearing dairy calves: making decisions on optimal artificial systems

• Autores: Amy Jennings
• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 179, Nº. 20, 2016
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • AS veterinary professionals, we know that dairy calf welfare is an emotive issue and of importance to the profession, public and farmers. The Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act (2006) and the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations (2007) state that calves must not be housed individually after the age of eight-weeks-old.

    However, defining if and how much social isolation in early life affects immediate and long-term health and welfare can be difficult, with contradicting findings often complicating the issue.