Simple Summary To meet current global food supply challenges, researchers and
technicians are searching for alternative livestock systems that promote highly sustainable …

Allogrooming is a common affiliative behaviour with hygienic, physiological and social
consequences, and has historically been examined in non‐human primates in order to …

Social preferences, and long-term social associations in the form of social bonds, are
commonly assessed through observation of affiliative behaviour and spatial proximity …

Dairy cattle typically live in groups, but individuals within these groups vary in their social
behavior. An improved understanding of factors affecting the expression of social behavior …

Social interactions between cows play a fundamental role in the daily activities of dairy
cattle. Real-time location systems provide on a continuous and automated basis information …

Affiliative relationships are well documented in a wide range of wild animals. However, there
is limited evidence of their existence in social farm animals, despite potential significant …

Current livestock practices do not meet current real-world social and environmental
requirements, pushing farmers away from rural areas and only sustaining high productivity …

Pair housing presents an alternative to individual or larger group housing systems, though
the effects of different pairing ages on calf welfare are not well understood. In this study, we …

Understanding and assessing dairy cattle behavior is critical for develo** sustainable
breeding programs and management practices. The behavior of individual animals can …

Holsteins and Jerseys, the 2 most prominent dairy breeds in the United States, differ in many
regards. They have not been evaluated for differences in oral behavior performance, despite …