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

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 …

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

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

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

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 …

Cattle develop preferential relationships with other individuals in the herd. These social
interactions between individuals have a significant impact on both animal welfare and …

The social environment experienced by livestock can have implications for their health,
welfare, and subsequently, their productivity. Changes in the dairy industry have led to …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of social position and degree of affinity
among heifers attempting to access limited feed supplement. This study was divided into two …