Creating a goat-focused feeding system

Commercial livestock systems, regardless of the species, are typically geared towards promoting good health and production of the animals. Other factors that might be important to the animals, such as ability to perform natural behaviours, do not necessarily take precedence. The Animal Welfare Team at AgResearch has been striving to explore shifts in management that can be more focused around animals’ natural behaviours. These management shifts are often informed by the animals’ preferences and are may be quite simple.