Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Miller-Cushon Lab
Led by Emily K. Miller-Cushon · Animal Sciences
What we study
The lab studies how dairy calf behavior develops and responds to management, like housing and diet, to improve animal welfare. They use behavioral observations and welfare assessments.
What working here is like
- Farm animals (cattle, horses, poultry)
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Investigation of early environment in dairy calf behavior
Researching how early housing and diet affect feeding and social behaviors in dairy calves.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- The sensory world of cattle: Abilities, limitations, and perceptual challenges in human-designed environments
2026 · Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Reviews how cattle perceive their environment through vision, hearing, olfaction, taste, and touch.
- Graduate Student Literature Review: Implications of preweaning social housing for long-term dairy cattle performance and welfare
2026 · Journal of Dairy Science
Reviews literature on preweaning social housing impacts on dairy cattle performance and welfare.
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- Long-term effects of dairy calf social housing on first lactation survival and milk yield
2026 · Journal of Dairy Science
Examines long-term effects of social housing on dairy heifer survival and milk yield in first lactation.
- Factors associated with cow- and herd-level somatic cell count patterns on organic dairy farms in the United States
2026 · Journal of Dairy Science
Analyzes factors affecting somatic cell counts in organic dairy cows, including cow, herd, and environmental factors.
- 13. AnimalMotionViz: An interactive software tool for tracking and visualizing animal motion patterns using computer vision
2025 · Animal - science proceedings
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How to reach out
Emily K. Miller-Cushon hasn't set up this page yet. Their UF Scholars profile lists their publications.