Introduction
When cows are handled appropriately, their fear and stress levels are kept to a minimum. Calm cows produce more milk and behave more predictably, reducing the risk of injury to both themselves and their human caregivers.
About Mooving Cows™
Mooving Cows™ is an educational game where you can practice mooving cows around a dairy farm. It’s time for milking, so the cows need to be moved from the pasture and barn and loaded into the milking parlor. Learn about cow behavior and practice basic cow handling skills to stay safe and keep cows calm.
Based on decades of research, this game was designed by faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with help from people who work on or with real dairy farms in Wisconsin.
This educational game is completely FREE (no ads!) for download on either Android or Apple devices, hosted by the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine’s Dairy Apps.
Download Mooving Cows
Apple (iOS): Download Mooving Cows in the App Store
Android: Download Mooving Cows on Google Play
Author
Jennifer Van Os
Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Animal Welfare – Jennifer Van Os is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Animal Welfare on the faculty of the Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. The research in her lab at UW-Madison focuses on understanding, evaluating, and improving the welfare of dairy animals from a biological perspective.
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