Prospects for Bedded Pack Barns for Dairy Cattle
Prospects for Bedded Pack Barns for Dairy Cattle
Author: Paul GalamaWhat do cows, dairy farmers and society want? This question formed the background to the study carried out by Wageningen UR Livestock Research into alternatives to the traditional cubicle-based housing. Recently, due to animal welfare considerations, there has been a greater focus on providing cows with more space and reducing the amount of concrete and ironwork in their housing.
The bedded pack barn offers the opportunity to achieve this on the condition that the requirements for a hygienic and dry top layer (on the ground or floor) are complied with. The book ‘Prospects for bedded pack barns for dairy cattle’ clearly and concisely describes the perspective offered to dairy farmers by bedded pack barns.
Availability: In Print
Publication date: July 2011
Binding: Paperback
Dimensions: 29x19cm
Weight: Unknown
Extent: 74pp
ISBN: 978-94-6173-069-5
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Prospects for Bedded Pack Barns for Dairy Cattle
PrefaceIntroduction
- Needs of the cow, the farmer and the environment
1.1 What does the cow want?
1.2 What does the farmer want?
1.3 What does the environment want?
- Experiences from abroad
2.1 USA
2.2 Israel
2.3 Europe and South Korea
- Prospects for the bedded pack barn in the Netherlands
3.1 Moisture Balance
3.2 Environment
3.3 Economics
- Experiences experimental farms
4.1 Principles underlying bedded packs
4.2 Explanation to three bedding materials
4.3 Experiences with three types of bedding materials
- Experiences acquired from practical farms
5.1 Peeters
5.2 Wiersma
5.3 Havermans
5.4 Groenwegen
5.5 Hartman
5.6 Noord
5.7 Pape
- Livestock house designs
6.1 Bedded pack barn with conventional feeding area
6.2 Bedded pack barn with an automated feeding system
6.3 Bedded pack barn with a high degree of automation
6.4 Bedded pack barn with mobile components
6.5 Landscape farm
6.6 Round cluster barn
6.7 Cattle in a greenhouse
6.8 Pagoda livestock house with free range
- Reflection on the innovation process
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- References
- Experiences from abroad
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