Supplemental materials for: Disbudding and dehorning practices for pre-weaned dairy calves by farmers in Wisconsin, USA

The objective of this study was to understand common dehorning and disbudding practices in Wisconsin to better target extension education programming to encourage adoption of best practices. Data analysis plan: A survey was distributed in 2019 to Wisconsin dairy farmers and calf raisers, both online and at extension events. This data analysis plan was created prior to survey analysis as a general plan for analysis of quantitative data with regression models, and qualitative data with thematic analysis. Supplemental data: This data reflects a subset of the survey that was distributed in 2019 to Wisconsin dairy farmers and calf raisers, both online and at extension events. Supplementary qualitative data: A survey was distributed in 2019 to Wisconsin dairy farmers and calf raisers, both online and at extension events. Thematic analysis using NVivo software was performed on written responses to a number of survey questions. This document comprises additional results from two survey questions regarding disbudding and dehorning practices.