UBC Animal Welfare Judging & Assessment Team takes 1st place at Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging/Assessment Competition
The Animal Welfare Judging & Assessment Team placed 1st , of thirteen teams, in the undergraduate competition at the 16th Intercollegiate Animal Welfare Judging & Assessment Competition, held Nov 12-13 at The Ohio State University. Congratulations to team members, and Faculty of Land & Food Systems applied animal biology majors, Gabriela Schauber, Varsha Rani, Nevene […]
Dancing Cows: Research on outdoor access for dairy cows (video)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcRoNd1UJgs[/youtube] These are dairy cows that are provided access to a bark mulch pack outside of the barn for the first time in their life. Cows often show similar play behaviours when provided (first time) access to pasture. The cows in this movie were part of a trial that investigated the preference of dairy […]