Dairy cows receive a huge amount of care during their lives on a farm, but procedures, especially restraining during procedures, can be stressful for some animals. Positive reinforcement training—or ...

A study by the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology in Germany revealed that cows — whose urine causes environmental harm — can be successfully toilet trained Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer ...

Cows can really whiz. A superfluous observation, except for the fact that when bovines urinate, they shoot out nitrogen that can combine with feces to become ammonia. When this ammonia is mixed with ...

Enticed by a sweet treat, a cow learns to use the "MooLoo," a latrine for cattle, where excrement can be collected. The only question is: can this technique work on a larger scale? It’s easier to ...

Livestock farmers are faced with a trade-off known as the “climate killer conundrum”: On larger farms, which are more humane for animal rearing, greenhouse gas emissions are often higher. More space ...

Sept. 13 (UPI) --Researchers are potty-training cows to go to the bathroom where their feces and urine can be collected and treated, reducing ammonia emissions. When cattle are allowed to relieve ...

Can we toilet train cattle? Would we want to? The answer to both of these questions is yes—and doing so could help us address issues of water contamination and climate change. Cattle urine is high in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Potty training cows could be one way to help save the environment. According to a study published Monday by the Research Institute ...

The drawing on the left shows the area where heifers were trained. Anticipatory and play behaviors were recorded in the “start box” (area B in the diagram) while cattle were waiting to enter the ...