Settling Doubts About Livestock Stress - see this link
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/mar05/stress0305.htm

'When scientists talk about animal stress, they're weighing the possibility of real pain and fear—even death—which not only violates animal care ethics, but also costs producers millions of dollars each year.....'

A team of scientists as part of an Agricultural Research Service national program to see whether current production practices are severely stressing animals—

How livestock view the world is the focus of the work of ARS animal behavior scientists. They hope to identify and reduce excessive animal stress on the farm to improve health and productivity.
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"Settling Doubts About Livestock Stress" was published in the March 2005 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.

'...........Eicher has been working with Cheng for the past 8 years to see whether removing dairy cows' tails by constrictive banding causes them chronic pain. She is the first U.S. researcher to study the practice, called "tail docking."

This research is part of Animal Well-Being and Stress-Control Systems, an ARS National Program (#105) described on the World Wide Web at www.nps.ars.usda.gov .

To reach scientists mentioned in this article, contact Don Comis , USDA-ARS Information Staff , 5601 Sunnyside Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705-5129; phone (301) 504-1625, fax (301) 504-1486.