As dairy farms automate and scale up, milking can sound less like a quiet barn and more like a factory floor. Researchers are testing whether adding music back into that soundscape can change how cows ...

A groundbreaking study has quantified, for the first time, the extent of heat stress endured by cows in South America. Published in the journal Animals, the research underscores a startling trend in ...

A Journal of Dairy Science study has taken a step toward validating a 3D pose estimation method for monitoring the ease with which cows can get up and down in their cubicles, offering a new assessment ...

Dear Daktari, I am Jackson Musyoka from Machakos. After retiring from my military service, I have embarked on serious dairy farming. I spend the whole day with my cows, enjoying their graceful grazing ...

(CNN) — How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...

Domestic cows (Bos taurus) are consumed worldwide as beef and veal, kept as dairy product producers, employed as draft animals in labor, and are used for a long list of other products, including ...

Wearable technology is increasingly used in both dairy research and commercial dairy farming. Assessment of how such wearables affect cows is of major importance to rule out reductions in welfare and ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Raymond Sirma, manager at Makongi Farm, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard] Dear Daktari, I am ...