Simple Summary High calf loss rates are an international welfare problem though this is
often not recognised. These loss rates have increased in recent years. Improvement in calf …

Modelling of binary and categorical events is a commonly used tool to simulate
epidemiological processes in veterinary research. Logistic and multinomial regression …

Management during calving is important for the health and survival of dairy cows and their
calves. Although the expected calving date is known, this information is imprecise and …

The objective of this narrative review was to compare the results of the 2015 Canadian
National Dairy Study and the 2014 US National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) …

The purpose of this paper was to utilize the decision trees technique to determine the factors
responsible for high monthly milk yield in Polish Holstein‐Friesian cows from 27 herds …

The aim of this study was to build and compare predictive models of calving difficulty in dairy
heifers and cows for the purpose of decision support and simulation modeling. Models to …

Dairy calf mortality is of interest worldwide as animal welfare continues to increase in
importance to the consumer. This review summarises overall estimations of perinatal …

Simple Summary Automatic milking systems are gaining popularity worldwide as they help
in monitoring milk production traits, inter alia, milking efficiency defined as milk yield divided …

Simple Summary Barns equipped with the automatic milking system (AMS) record huge
amounts of data on milk flow rate, milk yield and composition, milk temperature, amount of …

Dairy calf mortality is an area of interest worldwide as animal welfare continues to increase
in importance to the consumer. Perinatal mortality, defined as death of a full term calf either …