DAIRY SPECIAL: Identifying chronic stress in diary cows

An animal welfare workshop at this year’s online ICAR conference covered topics such as tail damage and identifying reliable biomarkers for stress. Hannah Noble reports.

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DAIRY SPECIAL: Identifying chronic stress in diary cows

An animal welfare workshop at this year's online ICAR conference covered topics such as tail damage and identifying reliable biomarkers for stress. Hannah Noble reports. Reducing chronic stress in dairy...

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