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Heifer Welfare

Heifer Welfare is a construct within animal science that denotes the state of physical health, psychological well-being, and behavioral freedom experienced by young female cattle prior to their first calving, distinguished by its focus on developmental, nutritional, housing, and management factors specific to the pre-parturient growth phase.

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4.2K

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328

Authors

109

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2017–2026

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Publications

90

Preweaned heifer management on US dairy operations: Part V. Factors associated with morbidity and mortality in preweaned dairy heifer calves

N.J. Urie, Jason E. Lombard, C. B. Shivley et al. · Journal of Dairy Science · 2018 · 332 citations · Full text

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Prevalence of failure of passive transfer of immunity in newborn heifer calves and associated management practices on US dairy operations

Andrea Beam, Jason E. Lombard, Christine A. Kopral et al. · Journal of Dairy Science · 2009 · 256 citations · Full text

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Associations between locomotion, claw lesions andnociceptive threshold in dairy heifers during the peri-partum period

HR Whay, A.E. Waterman, A.J.F. Webster · The Veterinary Journal · 1997 · 249 citations

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Effects of early handling on heifers' subsequent reactivity to humans and to unfamiliar situations

Alain Boissy, M.F. Bouissou · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 1988 · 240 citations

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What Affects the Costs of Raising Replacement Dairy Heifers: A Multiple-Component Analysis

Peter R. Tozer, A.J. Heinrichs · Journal of Dairy Science · 2001 · 207 citations · Full text

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Authors

328

  1. JE
    Jason E. Lombard

    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States

    4 publications · 763 citations

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  2. CA
    Christine A. Kopral

    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States

    4 publications · 763 citations

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  3. NU
    N.J. Urie

    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States

    3 publications · 507 citations

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  4. CB
    C. B. Shivley

    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States

    3 publications · 507 citations

    3

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  5. TD
    T.J. DeVries

    University of Guelph, Canada

    3 publications · 62 citations

    3

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Institutions

109

  1. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Riverdale Park, United States

    6 h-index

    29 publications

    4.8K citations

  2. Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health

    Fort Collins, United States

    5 h-index

    20 publications

    3.6K citations

  3. Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

    Carlow, Ireland

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    353 citations

  4. University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

    Vienna, Austria

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    247 citations

  5. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    397 citations

  6. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    226 citations

  7. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    258 citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    750 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Dairy Science

    JDS · 14 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Applied Animal Behaviour Science

    11 publications · 695 citations

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 10 publications · 183 citations

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  4. Livestock Science

    4 publications · 78 citations

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  5. animal

    4 publications · 302 citations

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