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1. Effects of twice a day teat bucket feeding compared to twice a day mother suckling on behaviour, health traits and blood immune parameters in dairy calves and immune parameters in cow's milk

   Contributor(s):: Bieber, Anna, Walkenhorst, Michael, Eppenstein, Rennie, Probst, Johanna K., Thüer, Susann, Baki, Cem, Martin, Bruno, Neff, Anet Spengler

2. Studies on existing health care management practices adopted by farmers in Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh

   Contributor(s):: Vandana, Bhagat, Shraddha, Nety, Upasana, Verma, Kiran, Kashyap, Seema, Kriplani, Swarnalata, Bara

   The present study was undertaken purposively to ascertain the health care and scientific dairy husbandry practices adopted by the dairy owners in Surajpur district of Chhattisgarh. A total of 150 respondents were randomly selected from 10 villages of block and district Surajpur and interviewed...

3. Accelerometer derived rumination monitoring detects changes in behaviour around parturition

   Contributor(s):: Chang, Anita Z., Fogarty, Eloise S., Swain, David L., García-Guerra, Alvaro, Trotter, Mark G.

   Monitoring cattle for parturition is a labour-intensive task that is often not feasible in extensive environments. On-animal sensors, however, provide a means of remotely monitoring animals, without the labour requirements of traditional observation. This paper explores the use of a rumination...

4. Calf-directed affiliative behaviour of dairy cows in two types of cow-calf contact systems

   Contributor(s):: Wenker, Margret L., van Reenen, Cornelis G., de Oliveira, Daiana, McCrea, Kirste, Verwer, Cynthia M., Bokkers, Eddie A. M.

5. Effects of group size on the behaviour, heart rate, immunity, and growth of Holstein dairy calves

   Contributor(s):: Lv, Jing, Zhao, Xun-Wu, Su, Hang, Wang, Zhi-Peng, Wang, Chao, Li, Jian-Hong, Li, Xiang, Zhang, Run-Xiang, Bao, Jun

   This study investigated the effect of group size on the behaviour, heart rate, immunity, and growth of Holstein calves. A total of 132 calves were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 treatments from birth to 46 days of age. These included single housed (S) or group housed with three (G3), six (G6), or...

6. The effect of hutch compass direction on primary heat stress responses in dairy calves in a continental region

   Contributor(s):: Bakony, M., Kiss, G., Kovacs, L., Jurkovich, V.

7. Can eye surface temperature be used to indicate a stress response in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina)?

   Contributor(s):: MacRae, A. M., McGreevy, P., Daros, R. R., Fraser, D.

8. Development of a welfare assessment protocol for dairy calves from birth through to weaning

   Contributor(s):: Barry, J., Kennedy, E., Sayers, R., de Boer, I. J. M., Bokkers, E. A. M.

9. Evaluation of euthanasia of sheep with intravenous saturated salt solutions to enable the collection of whole, intact brains

   Contributor(s):: Stanger, K. J., Kells, N. J., Fisher, A. D., Jubb, T., Rault, J. L., Johnson, C.

10. Use of meloxicam, buprenorphine, and Maxilene (R) to assess a multimodal approach for piglet pain management, part I: surgical castration

    Contributor(s):: Viscardi, A. V., Turner, P. V.

11. Goat kids are not small calves: Species comparisons in relation to disbudding

    Contributor(s):: Hempstead, M. N., Waas, J. R., Stewart, M., Sutherland, M. A.

12. Giving calves 'the best start': Perceptions of colostrum management on dairy farms in England

    Contributor(s):: Palczynski, L. J., Bleach, E. C. L., Brennan, M. L., Robinson, P. A.

13. Evaluation of the efficacy of a non-penetrating captive bolt to euthanase neonatal goats up to 48 hours of age

    Contributor(s):: Sutherland, M. A., Watson, T. J., Johnson, C. B., Millman, S. T.

14. Attitudes of beef producers to disbudding and perception of pain in cattle

    Contributor(s):: Wikman, I., Hokkanen, A. H., Pastell, M., Kauppinen, T., Valros, A., Hanninen, L.

15. The compatibility of modern slaughter techniques with halal slaughter: a review of the aspects of 'modern' slaughter methods that divide scholarly opinion within the Muslim community

    Contributor(s):: Fuseini, A., Wotton, S. B., Hadley, P. J., Knowles, T. G.

16. Study investigating the attitudes and opinions of cattle farmers and veterinarians in the UK on the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for post-disbudding analgesia of calves

    Contributor(s):: Hambleton, S. Y. N., Gibson, T. J.

17. The Welfare Quality (R) assessment protocol: how can it be adapted to family farming dual purpose cattle raised under extensive systems in tropical conditions?

    Contributor(s):: Hernandez, A., Berg, C., Eriksson, S., Edstam, L., Orihuela, A., Leon, H., Galina, C.

18. The effect of electrical head-to-chest stunning on the EEG in sheep

    Contributor(s):: Mason, A., Tolo, E., Hektoen, L., Haga, H. A.

19. A conceptual model of the human-animal relationships dynamics during newborn handling on cow-calf operation farms

    | Contributor(s):: Costa, F. de O., Valente, T. S., Toledo, L. M. de, Ambrosio, L. A., Campo, M. del, Costa, M. J. R. P. da

20. On-farm testing of dairy calves' avoidance response to human approach effects of sex, age and test order

    | Contributor(s):: Ellingsen-Dalsjau, K., Dean, K. R., Rousing, T.