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Cassandra B. Tucker is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on veterinary sciences and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to the fields of small animals, animal science and zoology, genetics, agronomy and crop science, and surgery.

Their main areas of study include animal behavior and welfare, effects of environmental stressors on livestock, human-animal interaction studies, veterinary equine medical research, agriculture and farm safety, animal health and immunology, and reproductive physiology in livestock.

They have published extensively in several venues, with the majority of their work appearing in the Journal of Dairy Science. Other frequent publication venues include Journal of Animal Science, Scientific Reports, JDS Communications, and Applied Animal Behaviour Science.

  • Invited review: Lying time and the welfare of dairy cows, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • RETRACTED ARTICLE: Conditioned place preference reveals ongoing pain in calves 3 weeks after disbudding, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Behavioral changes in calves 11 days after cautery disbudding: Effect of local anesthesia, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Innovative cooling strategies: Dairy cow responses and water and energy use, 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • Hay provision affects 24-h performance of normal and abnormal oral behaviors in individually housed dairy calves, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science

Frequent collaborators in research include Sarah Adcock, Blair C. Downey, Alycia M. Drwencke, Rachael E. Coon, and Margit Bak Jensen, indicating a pattern of joint work on subjects related to dairy science and veterinary studies.

  • Sarah Adcock
  • Blair C. Downey
  • Alycia M. Drwencke
  • Rachael E. Coon
  • Margit Bak Jensen

The scope of Cassandra B. Tucker's work spans veterinary medicine and agricultural biology, placing an emphasis on understanding animal behavior, welfare, and the impacts of environmental factors on livestock. Their research outputs contribute to knowledge about animal health, stress responses, and management practices in farm animals.

Best Publications

  • Effect of solar radiation on dairy cattle behaviour, use of shade and body temperature in a pasture-based system

    Cassandra B. Tucker;Cassandra B. Tucker;Andrea R. Rogers;Karin E. Schütz

  • Overstocking Reduces Lying Time in Dairy Cows

    J.A. Fregonesi;C.B. Tucker;D.M. Weary

  • Evaluation of data loggers, sampling intervals, and editing techniques for measuring the lying behavior of dairy cattle

    D.N. Ledgerwood;C. Winckler;C.B. Tucker

  • Effects of three types of free-stall surfaces on preferences and stall usage by dairy cows.

    Cassandra B Tucker;Daniel M. Weary;David Fraser

  • The amount of shade influences the behavior and physiology of dairy cattle.

    Karin E Schütz;A R Rogers;Y A Poulouin;Y A Poulouin;N R Cox

  • Bacterial Populations on Teat Ends of Dairy Cows Housed in Free Stalls and Bedded with Either Sand or Sawdust

    M. Zdanowicz;J.A. Shelford;C.B. Tucker;D.M. Weary

  • Bedding on Geotextile Mattresses: How Much is Needed to Improve Cow Comfort?

    C.B. Tucker;D.M. Weary

  • Freestall maintenance: effects on lying behavior of dairy cattle.

    M. Drissler;M. Gaworski;C.B. Tucker;D.M. Weary

  • Free-Stall Dimensions: Effects on Preference and Stall Usage

    Cassandra B Tucker;Daniel M. Weary;David Fraser

  • Effects of shelter and body condition on the behaviour and physiology of dairy cattle in winter

    Cassandra B. Tucker;Andrea R. Rogers;Gwyneth A. Verkerk;Paul E. Kendall

  • Invited review: Lying time and the welfare of dairy cows.

    Cassandra B. Tucker;Margit Bak Jensen;Anne Marie de Passillé;Laura Hänninen

  • The long and short of it: A review of tail docking in farm animals

    Mhairi A. Sutherland;Cassandra B. Tucker

  • Sprinklers and shade cool cows and reduce insect-avoidance behavior in pasture-based dairy systems.

    P.E. Kendall;G.A. Verkerk;J.R. Webster;C.B. Tucker;C.B. Tucker

  • Dairy cows prefer shade that offers greater protection against solar radiation in summer: Shade use, behaviour, and body temperature

    Karin E. Schütz;Andrea R. Rogers;Neil R. Cox;Cassandra B. Tucker

  • Effects of local anesthetic and a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug on pain responses of dairy calves to hot-iron dehorning.

    M. Stewart;J.M. Stookey;K.J. Stafford;C.B. Tucker

  • Play behavior as an indicator of animal welfare: Disbudding in dairy calves

    Erin M. Mintline;Mairi Stewart;Andrea R. Rogers;Neil R. Cox

  • Cow comfort in tie-stalls: increased depth of shavings or straw bedding increases lying time.

    C.B. Tucker;D.M. Weary;M.A.G. von Keyserlingk;K.A. Beauchemin

  • Associations between cow hygiene, hock injuries, and free stall usage on US dairy farms

    J.E. Lombard;C.B. Tucker;M.A.G. von Keyserlingk;C.A. Kopral

  • Dairy cattle prefer shade over sprinklers: Effects on behavior and physiology

    K.E. Schütz;A.R. Rogers;N.R. Cox;J.R. Webster

  • Influence of Neck-Rail Placement on Free-Stall Preference, Use, and Cleanliness

    Cassandra B Tucker;Daniel M. Weary;David Fraser

  • Effect of milking frequency and feeding level before and after dry off on dairy cattle behavior and udder characteristics

    C.B. Tucker;C.B. Tucker;S.J. Lacy-Hulbert;J.R. Webster

  • Effect of rubber flooring in front of the feed bunk on the time budgets of dairy cattle.

    Jose A. Fregonesi;Cassandra B. Tucker;Daniel M. Weary;Frances C. Flower

  • Cooling cows efficiently with water spray: Behavioral, physiological, and production responses to sprinklers at the feed bunk.

    Jennifer M. Chen;Karin E. Schütz;Cassandra B. Tucker

  • Cooling cows efficiently with sprinklers: Physiological responses to water spray

    Jennifer M. Chen;Karin E. Schütz;Cassandra B. Tucker

  • Responses to short-term exposure to simulated rain and wind by dairy cattle: time budgets, shelter use, body temperature and feed intake.

    K. E. Schütz;K. V. Clark;N. R. Cox;L. R. Matthews

  • A field study of the behavioral and physiological effects of varying amounts of shade for lactating cows at pasture

    K.E. Schütz;N.R. Cox;C.B. Tucker

  • Laterality of lying behaviour in dairy cattle

    Cassandra Blaine Tucker;Neil Ralph Cox;Daniel Martin Weary;Marek Špinka

  • A predictive model of equivalent temperature index for dairy cattle (ETIC).

    Xiaoshuai Wang;Hongding Gao;Kifle G. Gebremedhin;Bjarne Schmidt Bjerg

  • EFFECTS OF STALL DESIGN ON DAIRY CATTLE BEHAVIOUR

    M. A. Gaworski;C. B. Tucker;D. M. Weary;M. L. Swift

  • The effect of disbudding age on healing and pain sensitivity in dairy calves.

    Sarah J.J. Adcock;Cassandra B. Tucker

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel M. Weary
Daniel M. Weary University of British Columbia
Jeffrey Rushen
Jeffrey Rushen University of British Columbia
Carolyn Stull
Carolyn Stull University of California, Davis
David Fraser
David Fraser University of British Columbia
M.A.G. von Keyserlingk
M.A.G. von Keyserlingk University of British Columbia
Joseph M. Stookey
Joseph M. Stookey Western University of Health Sciences
A.M. de Passillé
A.M. de Passillé University of British Columbia
Christoph Winckler
Christoph Winckler BOKU University

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