All Outputs (4)

Effects of individual and pair housing of calves on long term heifer production on a UK commercial dairy farm (2023)
Journal Article
Mahendran, S., Blackie, N., Wathes, D. C., & Booth, R. (in press). Effects of individual and pair housing of calves on long term heifer production on a UK commercial dairy farm. Animals, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14010125

Pair housing of pre-weaning dairy calves has previously demonstrated positive impacts on their growth, health and behaviour, but longer-term effects on production are still relatively unknown. This study followed a cohort of 431 Holstein heifers recr... Read More about Effects of individual and pair housing of calves on long term heifer production on a UK commercial dairy farm.

Calf health, feeding and social behaviours within groups fed on automatic milk feeders (2023)
Journal Article
Mahendran, S., Wathes, C., Blackie, N., & Booth, R. (2023). Calf health, feeding and social behaviours within groups fed on automatic milk feeders. Animals, https://doi.org/10.3390/ruminants3040025

Effects of individual and pair housing of calves on short term health and behaviour on a UK commercial dairy farm (2023)
Journal Article
Mahendran, S., Blackie, N., Wathes, C., & booth, R. (2023). Effects of individual and pair housing of calves on short term health and behaviour on a UK commercial dairy farm. Animals, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132140

Social pair housing of calves has previously demonstrated positive impacts on calf health and productivity compared to individual housing, but much of the research has been conducted in research institutions in different environmental conditions to t... Read More about Effects of individual and pair housing of calves on short term health and behaviour on a UK commercial dairy farm.

Comparison of environment quality measurements between 3 types of calf housing in the United Kingdom (2023)
Journal Article
Mahendran, S., Blackie, N., wathes, C., & booth, R. (in press). Comparison of environment quality measurements between 3 types of calf housing in the United Kingdom. Journal of Dairy Science, https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2022-22613

Pre-weaned calves are kept in a range of housing types which offer variable protection against the weather and provide differing internal environments. This cross-sectional observational study assessed the influence of housing type (shed, polytunnel... Read More about Comparison of environment quality measurements between 3 types of calf housing in the United Kingdom.