Contents tagged with pica

11 June 2021

Do your cows eat stones, plastic or other non-food object?

This is known as Pica, and reports of pica in dairy herds have been increasing over recent years. AHDB and APHA are looking for dairy farms to help in a project, to improve understanding of pica so that advice and prevention measures are up to date.

14 May 2021

Eating stones - what are cows trying to tell us?

An article looking at signs of Pica in cows.