Dairy Cattle

Our aim is to provide the dairy industry with knowledge-based solutions to welfare challenges by training young scientists with a passion for the industry and specific expertise on key issues of the day. Much of our current research is concentrated on the effects of management and housing on the health and welfare of calves and cows.

Who We Are

Lead Faculty

Nina

Marina (Nina) von Keyserlingk

Professor; NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Animal Welfare

Dan

Dan Weary

Professor; NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Animal Welfare

Graduate Students and Alumni

Jennifer Heinsius

PhD Student

Christine Kuo

MSc Student

Emeline Nogues

PhD Student

Elizabeth Russell

PhD Student

Negar Sadrzadeh

MSc Student

Christina Doelling

MSc Student

Kehan (Sky) Sheng

PhD Student

Amalia Urloiu

MSc Student

Lara Sirovica

PhD Student

Bianca Vandresen

PhD Student

Seonpil Yoo

PhD Student

List of Alumni

Learn about our alumni and explore their theses.

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What We Do

Research Reports

Research Reports are designed to report applied aspects of research from the UBC’s Dairy Education and Research Centre recently published in refereed international scientific journals. Many of these reports cover research conducted by graduate students and faculty in the Animal Welfare Program.

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Videos

We have videos featuring conference presentations, student work, and more for each of our research areas on our YouTube channel.

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Where We Work

UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre

Most of our experimental work on dairy cattle welfare takes place here.

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Latest News

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Thanks to our supporters! The University of British Columbia’s Animal Welfare Program is supported by Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Industrial Research Chair Program awarded to Nina von Keyserlingk and Dan Weary with contributions from Dairy Farmers of Canada (Ottawa, ON, Canada), Alberta Milk (Edmonton, AB, Canada), Saputo (Montreal, QC, Canada), British Columbia Dairy Association (Burnaby, BC, Canada), Merck (Kirkland, QC, Canada), British Columbia Cattle Industry Development Fund (Kamloops, BC, Canada), Boehringer Ingelheim (Burlington, ON, Canada), Semex Alliance (Guelph, ON, Canada), Lactanet (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada), Dairy Farmers of Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB, Canada) and SaskMilk (Regina, SK, Canada).