Improving the welfare of dairy cows

• What changes have producers made to improve dairy cow welfare [pdf, 495 KB]
• Dairy cow welfare outcome assessment - measures explanation sheet [pdf, 211 KB]

• Dairy Co - Welfare Outcome Assessment - Management Tool
                  - Farming Information Centre: Health & Welfare and Healthy Feet Programme


• Mobility:
  - Dairy Co – Mobility scoring with Dairy Co
  - Dairy Co – Mobility Score card
  - SWHLI  Knowledge exchange – Lameness management
  - NADIS – Lameness control in dairy herds: Cow tracks
  - NADIS – Lameness control in dairy herds: Mobility scoring

• Body Condition Scoring:
- Dairy Co - Short film,  Score card and Recording Sheets

• Hair loss, Lesions and Swellings:
  - Dairy Co - Hair loss and Lesions Score card and Scoring hair loss and lesions on the dairy cow short film
  - Dairy Co - Swelling Score card and Evaluating swellings on the dairy cow short film
  - Dairy Co - Lesion Trouble Shooter
  - NADIS – Lameness control in dairy herds: Cubicle comfort
  
  
• Cleanliness:
  - Dairy Co - Cleanliness Score card
  - Dairy Co - Scoring Cleanliness short film
  
  
• Mastitis:
  - SWHLI Knowledge Exchange – Mastitis management
  - NADIS – Mastitis control and management
          
• Defra - Cattle Welfare including Cattle Code of Recommendations for the welfare of livestock [pdf, 132 KB]
   
• Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) Report on the welfare of dairy cows
  


• AssureWel Dairy - Records requirements [pdf, 200 KB]