Publications by authors named "Jon N Huxley"
The housed environment for dairy cattle is of critical importance to their health, wellbeing, and productivity. Lack of space is an important factor for housing quality assessment due to links with increased likelihood of disease. A recently published randomized controlled trial identified that greater living space provision increased lying time, milk volume production, and also increased time to conception.
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- Herd-level risk factors like stall comfort and pasture access influence lameness in cows, but individual cow-related factors are less defined, which complicates understanding lameness risks.
- A study monitored 1715 cows from 10 dairy herds, using multivariable logistic regression to analyze associations between lameness and risk factors, particularly emphasizing cows with higher parity and body condition changes post-calving.
- Results indicated that older cows and those losing more body condition post-calving had significantly higher odds of lameness, suggesting that herd health data can help identify and manage lameness risks effectively.
Pain in cattle can arise though disease or injury or may result from veterinary or husbandry procedures. Controlling pain is important to safeguard animal welfare. Previous studies indicated that the use of analgesics in cattle has lagged behind use in companion animals.
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