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Stall Wars: Cows VS. Comfort

Comfortable dairy cows perform better, live longer and produce more lifetime calves when they

Cows walk in single file staying mostly on the rubber floor when rubber and

White line lesion is the second most common claw disease affecting dairy cattle, with

When thinking about the economics of cow comfort, we must address a combination of

“Modern dairy confinement facilities are housing cows for much if not all of their

“The stall bed needs to be both comfortable and durable. Resilient mattress and ‘soft’

“Results from the recent AFBI project indicated that the effect of floor type on

“Our results showed that cows kept in tie stalls with hard concrete floors spend

“Previous work by Fulwider and Palmer, 2003, indicated that cows lie down as much

Housing dairy cows on concrete flooring has been shown to be instrumental in the