NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Dairy Cattle Welfare

UBC自豪地与加拿大奶农协会和加拿大乳制品行业的其他行业赞助商团队合作，支持五年（总共20至25年）对奶牛福利的研究。UBC的动物福利计划于1997年作为NSERC工业研究主席创建，并已发展成为世界领先的奶牛福利研究小组。目前的提案建立在这些坚实的基础上，提出了基于科学的建议，乳制品生产商可以使用这些建议来促进牛的健康、福利和生产力。我们计划的研究将集中在乳制品行业实际利益的重要福利问题上。计划的工作将分为4个主题：1)小牛和小母牛的饲养；2)奶牛的健康和跛足；3)住房设施和管理；4)痛苦的过程。在这些主题中，我们的研究小组已经享有国际声誉，并且我们已经在该领域开展了许多基础工作。在此基础上，我们已经确定了迫切需要进行新应用研究的领域。研究将继续在商业奶牛场和最先进的UBC乳业教育和研究中心进行，该中心位于不列颠哥伦比亚省阿加西，被公认为世界领先的乳制品研究机构之一。该设施是一个全面运营的奶牛场，管理和设计旨在支持乳制品研究和技术转让。

UBC proudly partners with the Dairy Farmers of Canada and a team of other industrial sponsors workingwithin Canada's dairy sector to support five more years (Years 20 to 25 in total) of research on dairy cattlewelfare. UBC's Animal Welfare Program was created as an NSERC Industrial Research Chair in 1997 and hassince grown to become the world's leading research group working on dairy cattle welfare. The currentproposal builds upon these strong foundations to produce science-based recommendations that dairy producerscan use to promote the health, welfare, and productivity of their cattle. Our planned research will focus onimportant welfare concerns of practical interest to the dairy industry. The proposed work will fall under fourthemes: 1) Calf and Heifer Rearing, 2) Cow Health and Lameness, 3) Housing Facilities and Management, and4) Painful procedures. In each of these themes, our research group already has an international reputation, andwe have piloted much of the foundational work in the area. Building upon this foundation, we have identifiedareas where there is an urgent need for new applied research. Studies will continue to be conducted oncommercial dairy farms and at the state-of-the-art UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre in Agassiz,British Columbia, recognized as one of the leading dairy research facilities in the world. This facility is a fullyoperational dairy farm, managed and designed to support dairy research and technology transfer.