Design of walkway floors for dairy heifers and cows in loose housing systems
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Walkway floors have a significant effect on cattle locomotion and claw health, as well as on animal behaviour and general cattle house hygiene; and affected both animals’ welfare and dairy farmers’ profit. There are several qualities floors should fulfil, which contemporary walkway floors do not completely do. From an animal point of view, the most favourable of present passageway floorings in dairy cow cubicle housing systems seems frequently scraped solid rubber flooring to be, but should be improved further. Among other floor evaluation key factors, interaction between flooring systems of replacement heifers and lactating cows is to be considered.
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