Sand Bedding in freestalls
Sand provides a comfortable lying surface and provides extra grip when getting up and lying down. Cows lie down longer on sand than on harder surfaces. In addition, sand is an inorganic material in which environmental bacteria growth is limited, and the prevalence of lameness and mastitis problems is low. However, management of sand in cubicle housing has its challenges.
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Informazioni sul contributo
R4D
Resilience For Dairy
- Posizione
- Europe
- Autori del contributo
- Jan Hendrik Mica
- Scopo
- Education/Training
- Dissemination
- Communication
- Tipo di file
- Document
- Dimensione del file
- 371 kB
- Pubblicato su
- 30-06-2024
- Lingua d'origine
- English
- Sito web ufficiale del progetto
- R4D
- Licenza
- CC BY-NC-ND
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