List of works - Joao H. C. Costa

A randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of transport duration and age at transport on surplus dairy calves: Part I. Impact on health and growth

scientific article published in 2023

A survey of management practices that influence performance and welfare of dairy calves reared in southern Brazil

scientific article

A survey of management practices that influence production and welfare of dairy cattle on family farms in southern Brazil.

scientific article published on 24 October 2012

An Economic Analysis of the Costs Associated with Pre-Weaning Management Strategies for Dairy Heifers

scientific article published on 23 July 2019

Automatic weaning based on individual solid feed intake: Effects on behavior and performance of dairy calves

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Comparing dairy farm milk yield and components, somatic cell score, and reproductive performance among United States regions using summer to winter ratios

scientific article published on 09 October 2019

Complex social housing reduces food neophobia in dairy calves.

scientific article published on 11 October 2014

Dairy cow preference for different types of outdoor access.

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Effect of milk feeding strategy and lactic acid probiotics on growth and behavior of dairy calves fed using an automated feeding system1

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Factors associated with lameness prevalence in lactating cows housed in freestall and compost-bedded pack dairy farms in southern Brazil

scientific article published on 13 September 2019

Impact of Observed and Controlled Water Intake on Reticulorumen Temperature in Lactating Dairy Cattle

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Individual characteristics in early life relate to variability in weaning age, feeding behavior, and weight gain of dairy calves automatically weaned based on solid feed intake

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

Long-term consistency of personality traits of cattle

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Pain and pessimism: dairy calves exhibit negative judgement bias following hot-iron disbudding

scientific article

Prevalence of lameness and leg lesions of lactating dairy cows housed in southern Brazil: Effects of housing systems.

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Sampling strategies for assessing lameness, injuries, and body condition score on dairy farms

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Short communication: Effect of diet changes on sorting behavior of weaned dairy calves

scientific article published on 20 April 2016

Technical note: Estimating body weight of dairy calves with a partial-weight scale attached to an automated milk feeder

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Technical note: Validation of a behavior-monitoring collar's precision and accuracy to measure rumination, feeding, and resting time of lactating dairy cows

scientific article published on 14 February 2019

Use of a food neophobia test to characterize personality traits of dairy calves

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

Validation of a Commercial Automated Body Condition Scoring System on a Commercial Dairy Farm

scientific article published on 29 May 2019

List of works by Joao H. C. Costa