“Our results showed that cows kept in tie stalls with hard concrete floors spend more time per day standing without feeding and tended to spend less time lying. Feeding time ...
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“Previous work by Fulwider and Palmer, 2003, indicated that cows lie down as much time in well designed mattress stalls as in sand stalls, but spend more time standing in ...
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Housing dairy cows on concrete flooring has been shown to be instrumental in the development of lameness (Vanegas et al., 2006). Studies have shown that cows prefer to stand and ...
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ScienceDirect published a study with the objective to investigate the effect of concrete slats and rubber covered slats on animal performance, behaviour, hoof wear, dirt scores, hysiological response and carcass ...
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PennState Extension published an article stating that lame cows can be present in all types of dairy operations and can lead to a decrease in milk production, decreased reproductive performance, ...
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The Agriculture Research Institute published a review addressing the economic benefits of improved cow comfort. They noted that the dairy cow appears to have a strong behavioral need for adequate ...
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The University of Alberta Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science published a study that showed lameness is one of the most serious ailments facing dairy cows, and inappropriate flooring ...
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Researchers from Purdue University recently evaluated whether rubber flooring in the feed lanes of freestall barns could improve production, hoof health, and locomotion. Thirty Holstein heifers were selected for the ...
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