DairyCare is an EU COST researcher network in Dairy Animal Health and Welfare. Our aim is to improve dairy animal husbandry by combining biological, technological, engineering and social science expertise to optimise interactions between farmers and animals. Our core research area is the development of sensing technologies and their integration into "smart" husbandry support systems. We have 600 members from 30 participating COST countries and a budget (2016-17) of 140K eur.