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Bovine (cont.) Cones, 81
meat production/trade, distribution of, 18–19 Confined animal feeding operations, 34, 206
pinkeye, 47 Confinement
touch, 85–87 operations, 32
BQA, see Beef quality assurance (BQA) systems, 332
Brain–gut axis, 96 Consumers, demand by, 175–176
Brambell Committee, 94 Contemporary dairy production, 254
“Brambell Report,” 174 Copy number variation (CNVs), 99
Branding, 162, 178, 214 Cortisol concentrations, 160, 164–165
Breeding Countervailing trends, 11
animal welfare aspects of, 57–59 Cow
management, 203 downer, 311–313
stock, 191–192 eye, 80–81
BTSCC, see Bulk tank somatic cell count (BTSCC) health problems of, 199–202
Bud Box, 152 housing, 254–256
Bulk tank somatic cell count (BTSCC), 284 longevity, 292–293
Buller syndrome, 225 management, 196–197
Bulls, health problems of, 199–202 nose, 76–77
ranch, animals on, 197–198
C tongue, 79–80
welfare, 290–291
CAFO's, see Concentrated Animal Feeding societal perceptions of, 253–254
Operations (CAFO’s) CRISPR Cas9, see Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short
Calf housing, 258–259 Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR Cas9)
Calves, 100, 174
health problems of, 202–204 D
housing and management, 256–259
management, 196–197 Dairy
ranch, animals on, 197–198 boosterism, 257–258
Calving, 191 cattle, 95–96
Carbon footprint, 21 diseases of, 284–285
Carprofen, 159 handling, 272–273
Castration, 98, 160–161, 178, 213 housing, 255, 324
Cattle perspectives on health and welfare of, 282
ectoparasites, 40 production systems, 110
feedlots, 207 tail docking in, 116
fever ticks, 45 cow ethology, 251–252
grubs, 45 facility design, 150
handling, steps for managers to take to improve herd improvement program, 126
welfare during, 145–146 Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), 112
production systems, 40 Dairy production syste m, 290–291
temperament, 97 Decision-making processes, 188
two zones around, 144 Deep-bedded pack barns, 325
welfare, 177–178, 221–222 Dehorning, 97, 161–162, 178, 214, 260, 283
Center-track restrainers, 130 Demographic change, 13
Central sensitization, 164 Desert climate feedlots, 208
Cesarean sections, 163 Detractors, 103
Chemoreceptors, 75 DFC, see Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC)
Circumvallate papillae, 79 DFMs, see Direct-fed microbials (DFMs)
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Dichromatic vision, 82
Repeats (CRISPR Cas9), 99 Dietary demand, changing, 10
CNVs, see Copy number variation (CNVs) Digestive preparation, 78
Cochlea, 83 Direct-fed microbials (DFMs), 96
Colostrum management, 306 Disbudding, 97, 178, 214, 260
Commercial cow-calf producers, 173 Downer
Competing pressures, 183–184 cattle, 312
Compost dairy barns, 325 cow, 311–313
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO’s), Dropped ovary technique, 219–220
31, 63 Dry lot, 255, 347
Concrete get swollen joints, 151 Dystocia, 191, 201