Animal Welfare in Organic Dairy Systems
- Resources
- Soils and Fertility
- Horticulture
- Field Crops
- Crop Rotation
- Pest Management
- Season Extension
- Seed Production and Plant Breeding
- Livestock
- Ecology and Environment
- Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods
- Post-harvest Handling, Storage and Processing
- Social Science
- Marketing and Economics
- Transition to Organic
- Canadian Organic Research Priorities
Practical Resources
- Calf welfare in organic herds - planning for the future
- National Veterinary Institute. 2009
- National Veterinary Institute. 2009
- Guidance for Organic Dairy Cattle - Animal Welfare on Organic Farms [PDF - 77 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- National Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Farm Animals: Dairy Cattle
- National Farm Animal Care Council. 2009
- Outline of cow welfare critical control points for dairies
- Grandin Livestock Handling Systems. 2011
- Pain management in livestock husbandry: Disbudding and dehorning [PDF - 178 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Pain Management in Livestock Husbandry: 2. Castration, Branding & Tail Docking [PDF - 141 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Raising Calves on Organic Dairy Farms [PDF - 347 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Reducing pain due to caustic paste dehorning [PDF - 194 kB]
- University of British Columbia. 2006
Scientific Results
- Addressing the pain associated with disbudding and dehorning in cattle
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2011) 135: 226-231
- Aligning health and welfare principles and practice in organic dairy systems: a review
- Animal (2010) 4: 259-271
- Animal health and welfare planning in organic dairy cattle farms
- Open Veterinary Science Journal (2011) 5: 19-25
- Animal welfare assessment benchmarking as a tool for health and welfare planning in organic dairy herds
- Veterinary Record (2004) 155: 237-239
- Animal Welfare Concerns and Values of Stakeholders Within the Dairy Industry
- Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics (2015) 28: 109-126
- Assessment of the welfare of dairy cattle using animal-based measurements: direct observations and investigation of farm records
- Veterinary Record (2003) 153: 197-202
- Assessment of welfare and productive performance in dairy cows organically reared in plains or hilly areas
- Animal Welfare (2010) 19: 17-23
- Comparison of selected animal observations and management practices used to assess welfare of calves and adult dairy cows on organic and conventional dairy farms
- Journal of Dairy Science (2014) 97: 4269-4208
- Differences in attitudes of farmers and veterinarians towards pain in dairy cows
- The Veterinary Journal (2012) 194: 94-97
- The effect of management system on mortality and other welfare indicators in Pennsylvania dairy herds
- Animal Welfare (2011) 20: 145-158
- Effect of the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme on the welfare of dairy cattle
- Veterinary Record (2003) 153:. 227-231
- Effects of human handling during early rearing on the behaviour of dairy calves
- Animal Welfare (2012) 21: 19-26
- Farmers taking responsibility for herd health development—stable schools in research and advisory activities as a tool for dairy health and welfare planning in Europe
- Organic Agriculture (2015) 5: 135-141
- Impact of animal health and welfare planning on medicine use, herd health and production in European organic dairy farms
- Livestock Science (2012) 145: 63-72
- The impact of genetic selection for increased milk yield on the welfare of dairy cows
- Animal Welfare (2010) 19: 39-49
- The long and short of it: A review of tail docking in farm animals
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2011) 135: 179-191
- Tail docking dairy cattle: Responses from an online engagement
- Journal of Animal Science (2011) 89: 3831-3837