This is the pre-publication draft of the Special Issue of the Journal of Dairy Research reporting outputs from the DairyCare COST Action FA1308.

Articles published in the Special Issue are based upon work supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology, www.cost.eu). 
The Special Issue will be published by Cambridge University Press as online Open Access
Note to COST: One paper has been uploaded as an example paper. All other papers will be uploaded once template is approved

Contents

Introduction to the DairyCare Special Issue
Christopeher H Knight

General Welfare Technology Papers

Ruminal Epithelium – Checkpoint for Cattle Health
Lisa Baaske, Gotthold Gäbel and Franziska Dengler
Heat stress in dairy calves
Mikolt Bakony and Viktor Jurkovich
Lameness in dairy cows, farmer perceptions and automated detection technology – a review
Kate J. Dutton-Regester1, Tamsin S. Barnes, John D. Wright and Ahmad R. Rabiee
A review of vitamin D balance and role in cattle
Jaka Jakob Hodnik, Jožica Ježek, and Jože Starič 
Point of care tests for bovine clinical mastitis: What do we have and what do we need?
Francisco B Malcata, P Theo Pepler, Emily O’Reilly, Nicola Brady, P David Eckersall, Ruth N Zadoks and Lorenzo Viora
Individual Dairy Cow Management: Achievements, Obstacles and Prospects
Ephraim Maltz 
The Internet-of-Things Enhancing Animal Welfare and Farm Operational Efficiency
Craig Michie, Ivan Andonovic, Christopher Davison, Andrew Hamilton, Nicholas Jonsson, Carol-Anne Duthie, Jenna Bowen and Michael Gilroy
Welfare Quality® for dairy cows: towards a sensor-based assessment
Francisco Maroto Molina, Carlos C. Pérez Marín, Laura Molina Moreno, Estrella I. Agüera Buendía and Dolores C. Pérez Marín
Human-animal relationship in dairy animals
Fabio Napolitano, Andrea Bragaglio, Emilio Sabia, Francesco Serrapica, Ada Braghieri and Giuseppe De Rosa
Welfare assessment in dairy cows using hair cortisol and protocols
Urška Vesel, Tea Pavič, Jožica Ježek, Tomaž Snoj and Jože Starič
Biomarkers of fitness and welfare in dairy cattle: healthy productivity
Maya Zachut, Marcela Šperanda, André M. de Almeida, Gianfranco Gabai, Ali Mobasheri and Lorenzo E. Hernandez-Castellano

​Cow/calf management papers

Effects of suckling on milk yield and milk composition of dairy cows in dam-calf contact systems
Kerstin Barth
Cow-calf contact III: Methodology for studying human attitudes and behaviour – a position paper
Sabine Ferneborg, Fabio Napolitano, Mette Vaarst, Cecilie M. Mejdell, Susanne Waiblinger and Daiana de Oliveira
The Cow-Calf Relationship - its Developmental and Fostering: from Maternal Responsiveness to the Maternal Bond
John P. Kent
A framework for the socio-economic evaluation of rearing systems of dairy calves with or without cow contact
Ute Knierim, Dagmar Wicklow, Silvia Ivemeyer and Detlev Möller
Early weaning – New insights on the ever persistent problem in the dairy industry
Tomislav Mikuš, Rok Marzel and Ornella Mikuš
Cow-calf contact II: Methodology for experimental and observational animal studies – a position paper
​Daiana de Oliveira, Kerstin Barth, Marie Haskell, Edna Hillmann, Margit Bak Jensen , Julie Føske Johnsen, Cecilie Mejdell , Susanne Waiblinger and Sabine Ferneborg
Management practices that influence the welfare of calves on small family farms
Renata Relić, Jože Starič and Jožica Ježek
The influence of maternal contact on activity, emotionality and social competence in young dairy calves
Noemi Kim Santo, Uta König von Borstel andJanja Sirovnik
Cow-calf contact I: Terminology and definitions – a position paper
Janja Sirovnik, Kerstin Barth, Daiana de Oliveira, Sabine Ferneborg, Marie Haskell, Edna Hillmann, Margit Bak Jensen, Cecilie M. Mejdell, Fabio Napolitano, Mette Vaarst, Cynthia M. Verwer, Susanne Waiblinger, Katharina A. Zipp and Julie Føske Johnsen
Short- and long term effects of dam-bonded rearing on dairy cattle’s reactions towards humans
​Susanne Waiblinger, Kathrin Wagner, Edna Hillmann and Kerstin Barth
Play and social behaviour of calves with or without access to their dam and other cows
​Susanne Waiblinger, Kathrin Wagner, Edna Hillmann and Kerstin Barth
Physical development, ease of integration into the dairy herd and performance of primiparous dairy cows reared with full whole-day, half-day or no mother-contact as calves
Katharina A Zipp and Ute Knierim

DairyCare Blueprint for Action

Future development opportunities for sensor-based strategies for improved husbandry and wellbeing of dairy animals
​Christopher H Knight, Sigrid Agenäs and Gianfranco Gabai