The dairy industry in the developed world has undergone profound changes over recent
decades. In this paper, we present an overview of some of the most important recent …

Over the past 100 yr, the range of traits considered for genetic selection in dairy cattle
populations has progressed to meet the demands of both industry and society. At the turn of …

Genomic breeding programs have been paramount in improving the rates of genetic
progress of productive efficiency traits in livestock. Such improvement has been …

For several decades, breeding goals in dairy cattle focussed on increased milk production.
However, many functional traits have negative genetic correlations with milk yield, and …

Locomotion scoring is time consuming and is not commonly completed on farms. Farmers
also underestimate their herds' lameness prevalence, a knowledge gap that impedes …

There is an increasing demand for health and welfare monitoring in modern dairy farming.
The development of various innovative techniques aims at improving animal behaviour …

Lying behavior is an important measure of comfort and well-being in dairy cattle, and
changes in lying behavior are potential indicators and predictors of lameness. Our …

Lameness has a considerable influence on the welfare and health of dairy cows. Many
attempts have been made to develop automatic lameness detection systems using computer …

Simple Summary Cattle lameness detection as well as behaviour recognition are the two
main objectives in the applications of precision livestock farming (PLF). Over the last five …

Many contemporary dairy cattle housing practices are at odds with societal perceptions of
positive animal welfare. The public (ie, those external to the dairy industry) typically …