Dairy cow-culling decisions

Agriculture & Biology

• culling (animals) 100%
• dairy cows 72%
• variable costs 38%
• cows 29%
• profits and margins 27%
• dairies 25%
• milk production 25%
• opportunity costs 19%
• udders 15%
• mastitis 14%
• dairy farming 14%
• data analysis 13%
• reproductive performance 12%
• prediction 9%
• economics 9%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Costs and Cost Analysis 53%
• Milk 39%
• Animal Mammary Glands 31%
• Mastitis 27%
• Decision Support Techniques 25%
• Farms 24%
• Reproduction 20%
• Economics 16%
• Data Analysis 15%
• Health 10%

Social Sciences

• cost of replacement 39%
• profit 36%
• costs 36%
• opportunity costs 26%
• farm 19%
• performance 19%
• health 9%
• economics 9%