Dark Side of Dairy report 2014

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The Dark Side of Dairy – A Report on the UK Dairy IndustryThe Dark Side of DairyPublished by Viva!© Viva! 2014Viva!8 York CourtWilder StreetBristolBS2 8QHwww.viva.org.ukwww.whitelies.org.ukTel: 0117 944 1000Email: info@viva.org.uk2
AreportContentsExecutive Summary...............................................4Viva! Dairy Investigations and Resources...............5The Dairy Industry in Britain ..................................7Size and Numbers ...........................................7Promotion .......................................................7Targeting Children...........................................8More Subsidies................................................8The Natural Life of Cattle......................................9Family History..................................................9Natural Behaviour............................................9Birth...........................................................9Growing Up ...............................................9Eating Behaviour and Nutrition...................10Senses........................................................10The Life of a Modern Dairy Cow...........................11Milk Production: Due to Pregnancy..................11Fate of the Calves............................................11Simultaneous Lactation and Pregnancy –A Huge Physical Burden...................................12Housing...........................................................13Indoor Diet......................................................13Slaughter.........................................................13Sex and the Single Cow........................................14Artificial Insemination......................................14Embryo Transfer ..............................................14Embryo Collection ......................................14Ovum Pick-up.............................................15Ultrasound Scanning .......................................15Calving............................................................15Calves – Unwanted By-products ...........................16Female Calves .................................................16Male Calves.....................................................17The Veal Industry.............................................18UK Veal Production ....................................18Continental Veal Production .......................19Calf Transport.............................................19Mutilations......................................................21Disbudding.................................................21Castration ..................................................21Supernumerary Teats..................................21Suffering in Silence...............................................22Metabolic Disorders.........................................22Hunger.......................................................22Ketosis and Fatty Liver Syndrome................23Milk Fever ..................................................23Grass Staggers ...........................................23High Protein Concentrates..........................23Lameness ........................................................23Sole Lesions................................................24Digital Dermatitis........................................24Laminitis.....................................................24Cubicle Housing .........................................25Mastitis ...........................................................25Pus.............................................................26Antibiotics..................................................26Infertility..........................................................27Stray Electrical Current ....................................27Markets...........................................................28Intensification and Zero-grazing............................29The Situation in the UK ...................................29Zero-grazing....................................................29Why it is Done.................................................29Effect on the Environment ...............................30Justifications....................................................30TB and Dairy: Badgers Suffer Too ..........................30Not Just Cows ......................................................31Farm Assurance Schemes......................................33Soil Association Organic Standards ..................33RSPCA Freedom Foods ....................................33Red Tractor farm Assurance ............................34What’s next? ........................................................34Acknowledgements..............................................35References............................................................363
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