This Special Issue of the Journal of Dairy Research reports outputs from the DairyCare COST Action FA1308

The Special Issue articles are based upon work supported by COST ​(European Cooperation in Science and Technology, www.cost.eu). 
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Contents of JDR 87(S1)
​DairyCare: husbandry for wellbeing

“Blueprint for Action”: husbandry for wellbeing
Christopher H Knight
​UK
Refining consumer attitudes to milk and dairy product purchase and use to reduce food waste and improve animal welfare on-farm
Marta Brscic
Italy​
Systems for evaluation of welfare on dairy farms
Angela Krueger, Jenifer Cruickshank, Erminio Trevisi and Massimo Bionaz
USA and Italy
The Internet of Things enhancing animal welfare and farm operational efficiency
Craig Michie, Ivan Andonovic, Christopher Davison, Andrew Hamilton, Christos Tachtatzis, Nicholas Jonsson, Carol-Anne Duthie, Jenna Bowen and Michael Gilroy
UK
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
Spain
Sensing solutions for improving the performance, health and wellbeing of small ruminants
Gerardo Caja, Andreia Castro-Costa, Ahmed A.K. Salama, Joan Oliver, Mario Baratta, Carles Ferrer and Christopher H Knight
Spain, Italy and UK
The human-animal relationship in dairy animals
Fabio Napolitano, Andrea Bragaglio, Emilio Sabia, Francesco Serrapica, Ada Braghieri and Giuseppe De Rosa
Italy
Heat stress in dairy calves from birth to weaning
Mikolt Bakony and Viktor Jurkovich
Hungary
Point-of-care tests for bovine clinical mastitis: What do we have and what do we need?
Francisco B Malcata, P Theo Pepler, Emily L. O’Reilly, Nicola Brady, P David Eckersall, Ruth N Zadoks and Lorenzo Viora
UK and Australia
Lameness in dairy cows: farmer perceptions and automated detection technology
Kate J. Dutton-Regester, Tamsin S. Barnes, John D. Wright and Ahmad R. Rabiee
Australia
Welfare assessment in dairy cows using hair cortisol as a part of monitoring protocols
Urška Vesel, Tea Pavič, Jožica Ježek, Tomaž Snoj and Jože Starič
Slovenia​
Exosome cargo in milk as a potential marker of cow health
Monica Colitti, Sandy Sgorlon and Bruno Stefanon
Italy
A review of vitamin D and its importance to the health of dairy cattle
Jaka Jakob Hodnik, Jožica Ježek and Jože Starič
Slovenia
Early weaning: new insights on an ever-persistent problem in the dairy industry
Tomislav Mikuš, Rok Marzel and Ornella Mikuš
Croatia
Management practices that influence the welfare of calves on small family farms
Renata Relić, Jože Starič and Jožica Ježek
Serbia and Slovenia
Introduction: Special Issue themed section on milk production with cow and calf together
Sigrid Agenäs
Sweden
The cow-calf relationship: from maternal responsiveness to the maternal bond and the possibilities for fostering
John P Kent
Ireland
Methodological terminology and definitions for research and discussion of cow-calf contact systems
Janja Sirovnik, Kerstin Barth, Daiana de Oliveira, Sabine Ferneborg, Marie J. 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
Germany, Austria, Sweden, Norway, UK, Denmark, Italy, The Netherlands
Methodology for experimental and observational animal studies in cow-calf contact systems
Daiana de Oliveira, Kerstin Barth, Marie J. Haskell, Edna Hillmann, Margit Bak Jensen , Julie Føske Johnsen, Cecilie Mejdell , Susanne Waiblinger and Sabine Ferneborg
Sweden, Germany, UK, Denmark, Norway and Austria
Methodology for studying human attitudes and behaviour to cow-calf contact systems
Sabine Ferneborg, Fabio Napolitano, Mette Vaarst, Cecilie M. Mejdell, Susanne Waiblinger and Daiana de Oliveira
Norway, Italy, Denmark, Austria and Sweden
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
Germany
Effects of suckling on milk yield and milk composition of dairy cows in cow-calf contact systems
Kerstin Barth
Germany
The influence of maternal contact on activity, emotionality and social competence in young dairy calves
Noemi Kim Santo, Uta König von Borstel and Janja Sirovnik
Germany and Austria
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
Austria and Germany
Short- and long-term effects of rearing dairy calves with contact to their mother on their reactions towards humans
Susanne Waiblinger, Kathrin Wagner, Edna Hillmann and Kerstin Barth
Austria and Germany
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
Germany