Lameness and longevity
Olga Zaritsky
Continuing the theme of productive longevity of dairy cows, this time we’ll focus on the floor in the barn. Head of research department of the Swedish Agricultural University (SLU) Professor Christer Bergsten advises what material is best to choose for new farms and to optimize the floor surface in the reconstructed areas. He spoke at an international scientific conference in St. Petersburg in May this year, one of the organizers of which was the company "DeLaval".
Lameness is the problem which exists on all dairy farms in the world. Despite common technologies for claudication, each country has its own characteristics - probably because of what the results are not the same.
Read more in the magazine "Milk and Farm» № 4 (23), August 2014.