{"id":1932,"date":"2025-07-18T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animat.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2025-07-18T12:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:00:25","slug":"cow-comfort-issues-in-freestall-barns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/de\/cow-comfort-issues-in-freestall-barns\/","title":{"rendered":"Komfortprobleme f\u00fcr K\u00fche in Laufst\u00e4llen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1932\" class=\"elementor elementor-1932\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-875cad0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"875cad0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c3e1dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c3e1dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c25c247 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c25c247\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8ad7f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8ad7f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Komfortprobleme f\u00fcr K\u00fche in Laufst\u00e4llen<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32993a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32993a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">23. Dezember 2023<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c00d532 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6c00d532\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a301592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a301592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pittet-Villaraboud1-scaled-1-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1933\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pittet-Villaraboud1-scaled-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pittet-Villaraboud1-scaled-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pittet-Villaraboud1-scaled-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pittet-Villaraboud1-scaled-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pittet-Villaraboud1-scaled-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Pittet-Villaraboud1-scaled-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08c94a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"08c94a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-181767bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"181767bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201eFr\u00fchere Arbeiten von Fulwider und Palmer (2003) zeigten, dass K\u00fche in gut gestalteten Matratzenboxen genauso viel Zeit liegend verbringen wie in Sandboxen, aber mehr Zeit stehend in Matratzenboxen verbringen. Cook et al. (2004a) kamen zu dem gleichen Ergebnis (Tabelle 9). Zur Erkl\u00e4rung dieses Ph\u00e4nomens wurden verschiedene Gr\u00fcnde vorgeschlagen. Im Herbst 2003 wurden Gummimatten (RAM) in allen G\u00e4ngen desselben Stalls verlegt, in dem zuvor Studien zur Stallpr\u00e4ferenz durchgef\u00fchrt worden waren. Tabelle 11 zeigt die Auswirkungen der Gummimatten auf die Stallnutzung (Fulwider und Palmer, 2003). Die Stallnutzung wurde 31 Tage lang vor der Verlegung der RAM-Matten aufgezeichnet. Es wurde eine dreiw\u00f6chige Eingew\u00f6hnungsphase einger\u00e4umt, damit sich die K\u00fche anpassen konnten. Anschlie\u00dfend wurden die Aktivit\u00e4ten in den Liegeboxen aufgezeichnet und die Ergebnisse mit den vorherigen Werten verglichen. Es wurde keine Ver\u00e4nderung in der Anzahl der Liegeboxen festgestellt, in denen eine Kuh lag, aber der Prozentsatz der Liegeboxen, in denen K\u00fche standen, ging deutlich zur\u00fcck. Dies wurde so interpretiert, dass K\u00fche es vorziehen, auf weichen Oberfl\u00e4chen zu stehen. Mit anderen Worten: K\u00fche zogen es vor, in weichen Liegeboxen zu stehen, wenn harte Betonb\u00f6den die Alternative waren.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cow-Comfort-Issues-2005-Dairy-Road-Show-12-9-04d1.pdf\">Vollst\u00e4ndiger Artikel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d2ce35 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5d2ce35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ce7a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76ce7a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18d08db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"18d08db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df59496 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df59496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Durchsuchen Sie unsere Brosch\u00fcre<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-417cf10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"417cf10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjEwOTkiLCJ0b2dnbGUiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Kopie anfordern<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ed2dd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73ed2dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ffa0c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ffa0c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Starten Sie noch heute<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfbda52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cfbda52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/de\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Kontaktieren Sie uns<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201eFr\u00fchere Arbeiten von Fulwider und Palmer (2003) zeigten, dass K\u00fche in gut gestalteten Matratzenboxen genauso viel Zeit liegend verbringen wie in Sandboxen, aber mehr Zeit stehend in Matratzenboxen verbringen. Cook et al. (2004a) kamen zu dem gleichen Ergebnis (Tabelle 9). Zur Erkl\u00e4rung dieses Ph\u00e4nomens wurden verschiedene Gr\u00fcnde vorgeschlagen. Im Herbst 2003 wurden Gummimatten (RAM) in allen G\u00e4ngen desselben Stalls verlegt, in dem zuvor Studien zur Stallpr\u00e4ferenz durchgef\u00fchrt worden waren. Tabelle 11 zeigt die Auswirkungen der Gummimatten auf die Stallnutzung (Fulwider und Palmer, 2003). Die Stallnutzung wurde 31 Tage lang vor der Verlegung der RAM-Matten aufgezeichnet. Es wurde eine dreiw\u00f6chige Eingew\u00f6hnungsphase einger\u00e4umt, damit sich die K\u00fche anpassen konnten. Anschlie\u00dfend wurden die Aktivit\u00e4ten in den Liegeboxen aufgezeichnet und die Ergebnisse mit den vorherigen Werten verglichen. Es wurde keine Ver\u00e4nderung in der Anzahl der Liegeboxen festgestellt, in denen eine Kuh lag, aber der Prozentsatz der Liegeboxen, in denen K\u00fche standen, ging deutlich zur\u00fcck. Dies wurde so interpretiert, dass K\u00fche es vorziehen, auf weichen Oberfl\u00e4chen zu stehen. Mit anderen Worten: K\u00fche zogen es vor, in weichen Liegeboxen zu stehen, wenn harte Betonb\u00f6den die Alternative waren.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cow Comfort Issues in Freestall Barns - Animat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/de\/cow-comfort-issues-in-freestall-barns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cow Comfort Issues in Freestall Barns - Animat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cPrevious 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 mattresses based stalls. 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