UBC Dairy Centre

The #UBC Dairy Education & Research Centre is a world-class facility for #research into #animal #reproduction, #welfare, and #nutrient recovery.

[UBC Dairy Centre @ubcDairy]

Update: The Dairy Centre’s operations are continuing and have not been largely affected by the floods. Staff & students are safe and working hard to keep the herd well supported during this time.

Our full statement: https://t.co/USicLyPOLa
#CdnAg #CdnDairy #BCfloods #BCStorm

[UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems @ubcLFS]

Prof. Emeritus Jim Thompson, founder of @ubcDairy, and his wife Ann, recently visited the farm team in Agassiz to see the renos taking place for 6 new robotic milkers. Once installed, the UBC Dairy Centre will be one of the largest robotic milking research sites in North America!

[UBC Dairy Centre @ubcDairy]

Update: The Dairy Centre’s operations are continuing and have not been largely affected by the floods. Staff & students are safe and working hard to keep the herd well supported during this time.

Our full statement: https://t.co/USicLyPOLa
#CdnAg #CdnDairy #BCfloods #BCStorm

[UBC Dairy Centre @ubcDairy]

The latest Research Report is out! Many dairy farms use free stalls because of cleanliness. Read how researchers found some alternatives that maintain a clean lying area while minimizing behavioural restriction for cows: https://t.co/zstf8ZdWj3 @ubcAWP

[UBC Dairy Centre @ubcDairy]

The latest Research Report is on lameness detection of diary cows in Canada. A reliable diagnosis can help identify and treat lame animals. @ubcAWP @ubcLFS

Read now: https://t.co/sjXklhHPvF

[UBC Dairy Centre @ubcDairy]

Read the latest Research Report! Our research topic is when to assist calving and how it impacts metritis. @ubcAWP

Learn more: https://t.co/gEllDDCRqU

[UBC Animal Welfare @ubcAWP]

Congratulations to Kathryn McLellan! @ubcAWP MSc student who recently won 1st place in the @ubcLFS Land and Food Systems graduate student conference with her presentation on preliminary results of her research assessing if free-choice pasture access helps lame dairy cows recover!

[UBC Animal Welfare @ubcAWP]

PhD student @EmelineNogues focuses her research on the social life of dairy calves @ubcDairy, and how animals can benefit from a social partner during common painful and/or stressful procedures.

[UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems @ubcLFS]

#tbt Throwback to UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre's participation in the annual parade at the Agassiz Fall Fair and the Corn Festival in 2011 and in 2014. #alumniUBC

Have any photographs of your time at LFS? Send them with a brief description to: [email protected]

[UBC News and University Affairs @UBCNews]

Divining the inner life of animals is notoriously elusive, but scientists like #UBC animal welfare professor Dr. Marina Von Keyserlingk have created experiments that seek to quantify bovine desires.

via @nytimes https://t.co/ihBLAKuVqY

[UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems @ubcLFS]

Here’s to a season filled with warmth, comfort and good cheer. Happy holidays from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems.

Artist Alana Hansen (BSc GRS ’16) designed this year's holiday card. She is inspired by nature found in Coastal British Columbia! https://t.co/PNqOFMSsKw

[University of British Columbia @UBC]

Located in Agassiz, the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre provides state-of-the-art facilities for dairy education and research! Can you guess how many cows live on the dairy farm? 🐄

[UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems @ubcLFS]

In this new publication, lead author and PhD student Benjamin Lecorps looks at how pain can trigger a negative mood in calves, and whether some individuals are more vulnerable.
https://t.co/KbBSFJi1SB
@ubcAWP @ubcDairy @b_lecorps

[UBC Archives @UBCArchives]

New on our website: "For All Thy Kith ‘n Kine" https://t.co/EUZLcmPKQA - a history of the early days of the UBC Dairy Farm, and the story of Herdsman John Young and his family.
Listed under "Faculty & Department Histories" https://t.co/A7OkLgzg6S
#UBChistory cc: @ubcLFS

[UBC Animal Welfare @ubcAWP]

In focus groups, alumna Caroline Ritter (now in @UPEI) and @KatelynEMills asked Canadian dairy farmers to tell them their vision of the future of farming. Check out the results in our new article in @jdairyscience!
https://t.co/8fDvvmeczA

[UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems @ubcLFS]

In a new publication, Professor Nina von Keyserlingk and PhD student Benjamin Lecorps with @ubcDairy assess EU regulations of organic farms to see if they promote higher welfare standards for dairy cattle. https://t.co/wcKLnR2dVM

[UBC Dairy Centre @ubcDairy]

Nelson Dinn inducted into UBC’s 25 Year Club! Nelson, our trusted Business Operations Manager, marks 25 years at UBC. @ubcHR

[UBC Dairy Centre @ubcDairy]

Research Report: Helping cows with reduced estrous expression achieve greater fertility
Estrous detection is a key factor to obtain successful reproductive programs, and yet is a major challenge to the dairy industry.
To learn more visit: https://t.co/Wn1NacFZrY

[UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems @ubcLFS]

The urge to nurse? Cows work harder to reunite with their calf when the calf is able to nurse, show @ubcAWP @ubcLFS researchers and colleagues from @WUR. See research in Scientific Reports https://t.co/GSapHfFAXB

[UBC Archives @UBCArchives]

#TBT Ayrshire cows [& one bull?, far left] arriving from Scotland with Professor H.M. King August 1929 #flickr https://t.co/6ka9We2RJu cc: @ubcLFS #UBChistory #moo