Castration of male calves destined for beef production is a common livestock management
practice in the United States amounting to approximately 7 million procedures per year …

Morbidity and mortality in newly weaned calves resulting from bovine respiratory disease
(BRD) continue to be the most significant problems facing the beef industry. Morbidity …

Castration of male calves destined for beef production is one of the most common livestock
management practices performed in the United States amounting to approximately 7 million …

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) continues to plague the cattle industry and is a major
challenge for veterinarians as well as for beef and dairy producers. This topic dominates …

This review identifies priorities for beef cattle welfare research in the USA. Based on our
professional expertise and synthesis of existing literature, we identify two themes in …

Simple Summary Pain recognition in calves is difficult. Pain is assessed either subjectively
or objectively. Subjective pain assessment can be done using ethograms or pain scales, or …

The ability to remotely identify cattle that require an intervention due to pain or disease is
important for animal health providers and researchers. Behavior is frequently monitored to …

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD), calf diarrhea (CD), and navel infections are the most
commonly reported diseases of western Canadian beef calves. The objectives of this study …

The implementation of on-farm pain mitigation strategies is dependent on feasibility and
importance to producers. Currently, there is a lack of information regarding adoption of …

Parturition is a necessary event for production in dairy cattle, and assistance at calving is
common. There is limited use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs for the alleviation of …