Animal Health & Welfare

Lameness

Faull, W. B. et al (1996) Epidemiology of lameness in dairy cattle: the influence of cubicles and indoor and outdoor walking surfaces. Vet. Record. 139: 130-136

Faye, B. and Lescourret, F. (1989) Environmental factors associated with lameness in dairy cattle. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 7: 267-287

Galindo, F., Broom, D. M. and Jackson, P.G. G. (2000) A note on possible link between behaviour and the occurence of lameness in dairy cows. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 335:341

Hughes, J. W. (1997) Environmental control of bovine lameness. BCVA, vol 5, part 3: 235-246

Logue, D.N., McNulty, D. and Nolan, A. M. (1998) Lameness in the dairy cow: Pain and welfare. The Vet. Journal 156: 5-6

Ward, W. R. (2001) Lameness in dairy cattle. Irish Vet. Journal 54:129-139

Mastitis

Edmondson, P. and Blowey, R. (2001) The veterinary guide to mastitis. Intervet, UK.

Logue, D. N. (2004) Subclinical mastits and Staphylococcus aureus. SAC Veterinary Services report.

Logue, D. N. (2004) Streptococcus uberis - an update. SAC Veterinary Services report.

Logue, D. N. (2004) Mastitis and Staphylococcus aureus. SAC Veterinary Services report.

Reneau, J. K. (2001) Somatic cell counts: Measures of farm management and milk quality. National Mastits Council Annual Meeting Proceedings.

Breeding for Health and Welfare

Selection indices

Bennet, R.M., Christiansen, K. And Clifton-Hadley, R.S. (1999). Modelling the impact of livestock on disease on production: case studies of non-notifiable diseases of farm animals in Great Britain. Animal Science 68, 681-689

FAWC (1997) Report on the Welfare of Dairy Cattle. PB 3426. MAFF London

Kadarmideen, H.N., Rekaya, R., and Gianola, D. (2001). Genetic parameters for clinical mastitis in Holstein-Friesians in the United Kingdom: A Bayesian analysis. Animal Science, 73: 229-240

Kadarmideen, H.N. and Pryce, J.E. (2001) Genetic and economic relationships between somatic cell count and clinical mastitis and their use in selection for mastitis resistance in dairy cattle. Animal Science 73: 19-28

McInerney, J. (1991) A socio-economic perspective on animal welfare. Outlook in Agriculture 20: 51-56

Pryce, J.E., Simm, G., Amer, P., Coffey, M.P. and Stott, A. (1999) Returns and genetic improvement on indexes that include production, longevity, mastitis and fertility in UK circumstances. GIFT Workshop, Wageningen, October 1999.

Roughsedge, T. et al (2001) Synthesis of direct and maternal genetic components of economically important traits from beef breed-cross evaluations. J. Anim.Sci. 79: 2307-2319

Simm, G. (1998) Genetic Improvement of Cattle and Sheep. CABI Publishing: Wallingford, UK.

Vollema, A. R. et al (2000) Genetic evaluation for longevity of Dutch dairy bulls. J. Dairy Sci. 83: 2629-2639

Fertility 

Brotherstone S., R.F. Veerkamp and W.G. Hill. (1997). Genetic parameters for a simple predictor of the lifespan of Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle and its relationship to production. Anim. Sci. 63: 31-37.

Coffey, M.P., G.Simm and S. Brotherstone. (2002). Energy balance profiles for the first three lactations of dairy cows estimated using random regression. J. Dairy Sci. 85: 2669-2678.

Kadarmideen, H. N. et al (2002) Genetics of health and fertility in dairy cattle. SAC project final report.

Logue, D. N. (2003) Longevity. SAC Veterinary Services report

Pryce, J.E. and R.F. Veerkamp. (1997). Genetics of fertility traits. Society for the Study of Animal Breeding, Liverpool, UK.

Pryce, J.E., M.P. Coffey and S. Brotherstone. (2000). The genetic relationship between calving interval, body condition score and linear type and management traits in registered holsteins. J. Dairy Sci. 83: 2664-2671.

Wall, E., Brotherstone, S., Woolliams, J.A., Banos, G. and Coffey, M.P. (2003). Genetic evaluation of fertility using direct and correlated traits. J.Dairy Sci. 86

Wall, E., Coffey, M., Simm, G., Brotherstone, S., Stott, A.W., Santarossa, J., Flint, A., Royal, M.D., Woolliams, J.A. (2003). Introducing a UK Fertility Index, Cattle Practice, 11: 41-46

Organics

Pryce, J.E., Wall, E.E., Lawrence, A.B. and Simm, G. (2001). Breeding strategies for organic dairy cows. The 4th NAHWOA Workshop, Wageningen.

Pryce, J., Wall, E., Coffey, M. and Simm, G. (2001) Is organic breeding black and white? Breeding strategies for organic dairy cattle. British Cattle Breeders Club.

Pryce, J.E., Veerkamp, R.F., Thompson, R., Hill, W.G. and Simm, G. (1997) Genetic aspects of common health disorders and measures of fertility in Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle. Animal Science. 65: 353-360.

Housing and Welfare

Clackson, D. A. and Ward, W. R. (1991) Farm tracks, stockman's herding and lameness in dairy cattle. Vet. Record 129: 511-512

Faull, W.B. et al (1996) Epidemiology of lameness in dairy cattle: the influence of cubicles and indoor and outdoor walking surfaces. The Veterinary Record. 139: 130-136

Hughes, J. W. (2000) Cows and Cubicles. Vet Record In Practice. May, 231-237

Hughes, J.W. (1996) The influence of cubicle design on lameness and cow comfort. UK Vet, 1 (7), 70-4

Miller, K. and Wood-Gush, D. G. M. (1991) Some effects of housing on the social behaviour of dairy cows. Anim. Prod. 53: 271-278

Mogensen, L., Krohn, C. and Foldager, J. (1999) Long-term effect of housing method during the first three months of life on humna-animal relationship in female dairy cattle. Acta Agric. Scand. Sect. A. Anim. Sci. 49: 163-171

Nielsen, L. H. et al (1997) Resting and social behaviour of dairy heifers housed in slatted floor pens with different sized bedded lying areas. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 54:307-316

Waiblinger, S. and Menke, C. (1999) Influence of herd size on human-cow relationships. Anthrozoos 12(4): 240-247

Webster, A. J. F. (1996) The role of the bovine practitioner in cattle welfare. BCVA, Edinburgh

Wierenga, H. K. (1990) Social dominance in dairy cattle and the influences of housing and management. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 27: 201-229

General references

Fox, A. (2003) Behavioural studies relating to the welfare of intensively managed dairy cows. SAC project report.

Lawrence, A. B. et al (2004) Welfare implications of dairy calf and heifer rearing. SAC report.

Rushen, J. and de Passille, A. M. B. (1998) Behaviour, welfare and productivity of dairy cattle. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 78 (Suppl.): 3-12

Wells, S. J., Ott, S. L. and Hillberg Seitzinger, A. (1998) Key health issues for dairy cattle - New and Old. J. Dairy Sci. 81: 3029 - 3035