Building belief that good welfare practices enable cows to be more productive

Key success factors to enhancing heifer productivity include regularly recording body condition or liveweight, health planning, reducing stress and encouraging positive behaviours. In this podcast we hear from Dr Joe Patton, Head of Dairy Knowledge Transfer Department, at Teagasc in Ireland, and Dr Luigi Iannetti from Care4Dairy.

The transcript below has been edited for translational purposes and is not verbatim.