Topic: Catherine Douglas

Way Found to Gauge Pig's Happiness

Pigs have feelings, too. "Our research, for the first time, provides an insight into pigs' subjective emotional state and this will help scientists and farmers to continue to improve the lives of their pigs in the future," said study researcher Sandra Edwards ...

Best of the Ig Nobel prizes 2009

Does cracking your knuckles bring on arthritis? These questions and more inspired the research rewarded at the Ig Nobels, which were handed out on Thursday at Harvard University in a ceremony organised by the Annals of Improbable Research.. After a year filled ...

What's in a Name? More Milk Apparently

Happy farmers name their cows. The scientists surveyed 516 UK dairy farmers, looking at human interaction with the dairy cattle along with milk productivity. "Just as people respond better to the personal touch, cows also feel happier and more relaxed if they ...

Daisy the cow produces more milk: British study

Cows with names like Daisy, Gertrude or Buttercup produce more milk than their sisters with no names, according to a British study released Wednesday.Cattle who are given " the personal touch" can produce up to 500 pints (284 litres) of milk more ...

Daisy the cow produces more milk: study

Cows with names like Daisy, Gertrude or Buttercup produce more milk than their sisters with no names, according to a study released Wednesday.Cattle who are given " the personal touch" can produce up to 500 pints of milk more a year, said ...

Cows with Names Make More Milk

Researchers in the UK say cows with names make 3.4 percent more milk in a year than cows that just feel, well, like cows. The study, involving 516 dairy farmers and published online Tuesday by the journal Anthrozoos, found that "on ...