Proper cattle management is essential for Ugandan livestock farmers to ensure productivity, safety, and profitability. One critical practice is dehorning, which prevents injuries among cattle and ...

cattle. “Dehorning is one of the most painful things done to cows on dairy farms, whether it is by burning a calf with a searing hot iron or applying caustic paste to create a chemical burn that ...

Disbudding is preferable to dehorning as it is less stressful for the animal. Horned cattle are at risk of hurting other stock or humans. Dehorning is the removal of the formed horn; it should never ...

Cattle Council of Australia president Howard Smith. Mr Smith had already used it for dehorning and disbudding, and was positive about the benefits of the product, which also included a wound ...

“Dehorning animals is a bloody and painful process that no one likes to do,” notes William Muir, a professor of genetics at Purdue University. Naturally hornless cattle do exist, a trait known ...

Physical dehorning of dairy cattle is practiced to protect animals and their handlers. Genetic analyses have identified variants that are associated with hornlessness (referred to as 'polled') in ...

A West Australian vet says better herd management is needed if pastoralists are to comply with new animal welfare guidelines for dehorning cattle. Loading... Dr Peter Letchford has 20 years of ...