Animal Welfare Institute

Bernhard, J. K., Vidondo, B., Achermann, R. L. et al. 2020. Slightly and moderately lame cows in tie stalls behave differently from non-lame controls. A matched case-control ...

Lameness affects dairy cows worldwide and is usually associated with pain. Behavioral differences in lame compared to non-lame tie-stall-housed dairy cows might be less pronounced than in ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Palacio, S., Adam, S., Bergeron, R. et al. 2022. Minor stall modifications and outdoor access can help improve dairy cow welfare in tie-stalls. Canadian Journal of Animal ...

Tie-stalls are the most confining method of housing for dairy cows and remain commonly used to house cows in many countries. Finding methods to improve animal welfare through housing modifications and ...
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Cows: More freedom may mean less milk

'Free-stall', untied cattle in small herds produce less milk than cows tied to their stalls but have a higher reproductive performance and suffer less teat injuries and metabolic diseases. Researchers ...
syracuse.com

Program about tie-stall designs set for Aug. 2 in Munnsville

This comes from my colleague, Alaina Potrikus: Munnsville, NY -- Dairy farmers will take part in a discussion about tie-stall designs for dairy cows at 1 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Meeker Farm on Brown Road ...