NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Dairy Cattle Welfare

UBC自豪地与加拿大奶农和其他行业赞助商团队合作 在加拿大乳品部门内，支持再进行五年(总共20至25年)的奶牛研究 福利。UBC的动物福利项目是作为NSERC工业研究主席于1997年创建的，并已 自此成长为致力于奶牛福利的世界领先研究小组。海流 该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 可以用来促进牛的健康、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利益的重要福利问题。拟议的工作将分为四项 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。在每一个主题上，我们的研究小组都已经具有国际声誉，并且 我们已经在该地区试行了许多基础工作。在此基础上，我们已经确定了 迫切需要新的应用研究的领域。我们会继续就以下事项进行研究 商业奶牛场和位于阿加西的最先进的UBC乳业教育和研究中心， 不列颠哥伦比亚省，公认为世界领先的乳制品研究机构之一。这个设施是一个完全的 运营奶牛场，管理和设计以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 working within Canada's dairy sector to support five more years (Years 20 to 25 in total) of research on dairy cattle welfare. UBC's Animal Welfare Program was created as an NSERC Industrial Research Chair in 1997 and has since grown to become the world's leading research group working on dairy cattle welfare. The current proposal builds upon these strong foundations to produce science-based recommendations that dairy producers can use to promote the health, welfare, and productivity of their cattle. Our planned research will focus on important welfare concerns of practical interest to the dairy industry. The proposed work will fall under four themes: 1) Calf and Heifer Rearing, 2) Cow Health and Lameness, 3) Housing Facilities and Management, and 4) Painful procedures. In each of these themes, our research group already has an international reputation, and we have piloted much of the foundational work in the area. Building upon this foundation, we have identified areas where there is an urgent need for new applied research. Studies will continue to be conducted on commercial 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 fully operational dairy farm, managed and designed to support dairy research and technology transfer.