ReviewThe Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne2022
Male dairy calf welfare: A Canadian perspective on challenges and potential solutions.
Review in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Main Husbandry Practices and Health Conditions That Affect Welfare in Calves: A Narrative Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Observational study on calf carcasses in 2 processing plants for animal byproducts in Germany.JDS communications · 2025Article
- Pain in Dairy Cattle: A Narrative Review of the Need for Pain Control, Industry Practices and Stakeholder Expectations, and Opportunities.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Assessment of the Effective Tissue Concentrations of Injectable Lidocaine and a Lidocaine-Impregnated Latex Band for Castration in Calves.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Welfare of calves.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2023Article
- Trends and factors associated with dairy calf early slaughter in Ireland, 2018-2022.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Male dairy calf welfare is a key issue in the Canadian cattle industry. The welfare of male dairy calves can be explored through the aspects of health and biological functioning, affective states, and natural living. Presently, the main welfare issues associated with the production of male dairy calves include morbidity and mortality, colostrum and feeding management, transportation, isolation, castration and disbudding, and euthanasia. Opportunities to improve male dairy calf welfare include improving accepted industry practices, enhancing education and compliance with industry codes of practice, and increasing veterinarian involvement in on-farm animal welfare. The benefits of improving male dairy calf welfare include maintenance of the cattle industry's social license and improved producer mental health and occupational satisfaction. The main barriers to improving male dairy calf welfare are economics and cultural attitudes within the industry towards male dairy calves.
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