Animal Behavior Graduate Group Seminar Series: "Does time heal all wounds? Welfare consequences of caustic paste disbudding in dairy calves

Alycia Drwencke, Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Davis, presents "Does time heal all wounds? Welfare consequences of caustic paste disbudding in dairy calves".

Alycia is a PhD Candidate at the University of California, Davis in the Animal Behavior Graduate Group. She received a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from Michigan State University and MSc in Animal Biology from UC Davis. Before returning to UC Davis, Alycia worked as a dairy management specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension for 2 years. Alycia’s PhD research is focused on mitigating pain and improving welfare around routine management procedures such as disbudding in dairy calves.

Host: Dr. Cassandra Trucker (cbtucker@ucdavis.edu)