The Life of a Modern Dairy Cow

The modern dairy cow’s life bears little resemblance to that of her wild relatives. Every aspect of her life is manipulated to maximize milk yield, inevitably at the expense of her health and welfare.

“The dairy cow is exposed to more abnormal physiological demands than any other class of farm animal making her “a supreme example of an overworked mother’”.

John Webster, Emeritus Professor of Animal Husbandry at Bristol University’s Clinical Veterinary Science Department