Horned animals are more likely to injure farmers and each other through butting, particularly around feed barriers an in confined housing ...

Calf disbudding is a welfare-relevant invasive husbandry procedure. While it is widely recognized that disbudding elicits acute pain, its chronic consequences are currently unknown. Primary aim of ...

Limited scientific literature is available for developing 'best practices' guidelines for the management of dairy goats (Caprus hircus), particularly goat kids. Disbudding practices for kids and ...

We’re over the hump of the spring. Well, at least that’s what I’m telling myself this week anyway and the arrival of glorious sunshine last Thursday helped bolster my positivity.