Neil R. Cox

TL;DR: The finding that most microbiological characteristics did not respond to many years of fertiliser treatments suggests that the microbial community in the soils are similar and fertiliser amendments are insufficient to induce changes (either direct or indirect due to plant effects) in these communities.

TL;DR: Cows spent more time in shade and less time lying with increasing heat load, and aggressive interactions in the shade, time around the water trough, mean body temperature, and respiration rate increased with environmental heat load.

TL;DR: The obesity epidemic exists among those without significant consumption of or availability to takeaway foods, in a setting of easy availability of food, and relates strongly to reduced physical activity, but not to consumption of takeaway food.

TL;DR: Investigating if lactating dairy cows have a preference for shade that offers greater protection against solar radiation found them to prefer shade that provided more protection from solar radiation and showed behavioural and physiological changes associated with increased heat load.

TL;DR: It is the first report that disbudding wounds may remain sensitive for at least 75 h after the procedure, and that the need for longer-term pain management for hot-iron cauterydisbudding of young calves requires further investigation.