A study presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA), one of the leading international scientific conferences dedicated to dairy production, analyzed data from 326 Brazilian farms and found an association between higher somatic cell counts (SCC) and lower animal welfare scores.

How can science and technology advance social sustainability in dairy farming? A study presented at the ADSA 2026 Annual Meeting uses data from 326 Brazilian dairy farms to show how the BEA Score transforms animal welfare data into applied scientific knowledge.