says she was surprised by some of her research on tail-docking in dairy cattle, a practice that is increasingly used to improve milking parlor hygiene. "For the adult cows, docking the tails didn't ...

Tail Docking Historically, tail docking has been performed on pigs, sheep, dairy cattle, and cattle reared on feedlots with slatted floors. It is being phased out in the US dairy industry. In cattle ...