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ASSESSING WELFARE OF DAIRY CALVES WHEN USING AUTOMATED CALF FEEDERS IN THE UPPER MIDWEST

Summary

Traditionally, calves are housed in individual pens or hutches until after weaning. However, interest in automated calf feeders used to feed calves in groups has been growing in the U.S. Automated calf feeding systems allow calves to interact with each other in a group setting and drink milk many times a day while reducing labor.