BovineTalk

There is a need to develop non-invasive animal-based indicators of affective states in livestock species, such as using vocal indicators. Cows produce low-frequency calls for close distance contacts and high-frequency calls for long distance communication, which are largely associated with negative affective states. Dairy cows facing negative challenges and stressors make vocalizations during negative affective states of special interest for research. A pre-processed dataset of n=20 lactating adult multiparous dairy cows during negative affective states induced by visual isolation challenges is provided.