Best practice farms achieve healthy, natural calving by selecting sires for calving ease, careful management of pregnant animals, monitoring at calving to enable timely and effective intervention when needed and permitting dam-neonate interactions.
Best practice farms prioritise the health and welfare of cows at the end of their productive life by keeping them safe, comfortable, and medica- ted to alleviate pain. Euthanasia is practiced humanely when a cow suffers severely and cannot be cured.
