Dairy herd improvements to promote cow welfare

Animal welfare concerns are on the rise globally. While dairy cow welfare remains a major topic for researchers in many fields, here is a look at exploring dairy herd improvements (DHI) further. Welfare importance Welfare is related to cow health status and their ability to cope with external and internal environmental and farming conditions, thus cow behavioural response to several circumstances including illnesses and nutritional level. Welfare remains a complex situation and good animal welf