The CDQAP Dairy Welfare Evaluation Guide was developed by UC
Cooperative Extension for the dairy producer to perform a self-assessment of the
dairy and provides educational material on dairy welfare practices.
Click here to download.
The UC Cooperative Extension has developed a online teaching tool with videos
and slide sets specifically addressing market dairy "cull" cows.
Click here to access this
resource.
Another
information resource available from the University of California's School of
Veterinary Medicine is a interactive slide-video program describing humane
on-farm euthanasia. This program can be downloaded
here.
A 2007 review paper covering the causes,
treatment and prevention of non-ambulatory cattle can be downloaded
here.
CDQA.org is a non-profit research and
educational web site made possible by the California Dairy Research
Foundation.
