NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Dairy Cattle Welfare

UBC自豪地与加拿大奶农协会和其他行业赞助商团队合作，在加拿大乳制品行业工作，支持未来五年(总共20至25年)的奶牛福利研究。UBC的动物福利项目创建于1997年，当时是NSERC工业研究主席，自那以来已成长为致力于奶牛福利的世界领先研究组织。目前的提案建立在这些坚实的基础上，以产生以科学为基础的建议，乳制品生产商可以利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对乳制品行业具有实际意义的重要福利问题上。拟议的工作将分为四个主题：1)小牛和小母牛饲养，2)奶牛健康和跛行，3)住房设施和管理，以及4)痛苦的程序。在这些主题中的每一个方面，我们的研究小组都已经具有国际声誉，我们已经在该领域进行了许多基础性工作的试点。在此基础上，我们确定了迫切需要新的应用研究的领域。研究将继续在商业奶牛场和位于不列颠哥伦比亚省阿加西的最先进的UBC乳业教育和研究中心进行，该中心被公认为世界领先的乳品研究机构之一。该设施是一个全面运营的奶牛场，其管理和设计旨在支持乳品研究和技术转让。

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.