{"id":1923,"date":"2025-07-18T10:51:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animat.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=1923"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:52:35","slug":"designing-better-environments-for-cows-to-walk-and-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/es_mx\/designing-better-environments-for-cows-to-walk-and-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Dise\u00f1ar mejores entornos para que las vacas caminen y permanezcan de pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1923\" class=\"elementor elementor-1923\" 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\">Dise\u00f1ar mejores entornos para que las vacas caminen y permanezcan de pie<\/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\">17 de diciembre de 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=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Shop-061-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1924\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Shop-061-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Shop-061-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Shop-061-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Shop-061-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Shop-061-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.animat.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Shop-061.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\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 class=\"translation-block\">El Departamento de Ciencias Agr\u00edcolas, Alimentarias y Nutricionales de la Universidad de Alberta public\u00f3 un estudio que demostr\u00f3 que la cojera es una de las dolencias m\u00e1s graves que padecen las vacas lecheras, y que el suelo inadecuado es una de las causas. El uso de suelos de concreto se ha asociado con un aumento de los problemas en las pezu\u00f1as. Aumentar tanto la suavidad como el grado de fricci\u00f3n de la superficie del suelo mejora la movilidad de las vacas y reduce el riesgo de lesiones por ca\u00eddas. Un suelo m\u00e1s blando delante de los comederos puede aumentar el tiempo que el ganado pasa cerca del comedero y puede aumentar la ingesta de alimento. El estudio compar\u00f3 el suelo de concreto sin ranuras con las opciones de suelo de caucho m\u00e1s blando de Animat, que tiene una superficie rugosa que proporciona una buena fricci\u00f3n. Al caminar sobre Animat, las vacas caminaban aproximadamente un 8 % m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido y resbalaban menos: el 70 % de las vacas resbalaban al menos una vez al caminar sobre el concreto, pero solo el 20 % resbalaba al caminar sobre Animat. Comparamos vacas secas que se manten\u00edan en un corral donde el piso frente al comedero era de concreto con rejilla o de rejilla cubierta con Animat. Con Animat, se observ\u00f3 que las vacas pasaban m\u00e1s tiempo de pie frente al comedero (un promedio de 5.5 horas al d\u00eda) que cuando hab\u00eda pisos de concreto frente al comedero (4.8 horas al d\u00eda). Las vacas cojas tienen una menor ingesta de alimento: otros estudios informaron de que cada caso de cojera se asociaba con una reducci\u00f3n de 28 kg en la ingesta de materia seca. 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Use of concrete flooring has been associated with increased hoof problems. Increasing both the softness and the degree of surface friction of the floor improves cow mobility and reduces the risk of injury from falls. Softer flooring in front of feed bunks can increase the time cattle spend close to the feeder and may increase feed intake. The study compared un-grooved concrete flooring with Animat\u2019s softer rubber flooring options which has a rough surface providing good friction. When walking on Animat, the cows walked about 8% faster and slipped less: 70% of cows slipped at least once when walking on the concrete but only 20% slipped when walking on Animat. We compared dry cows that were kept in a pen where the floor in front of the feed bunk was either slatted concrete or slats covered with Animat. With Animat, they found that the cows spent longer standing at the feed bunk (an average of 5.5 hours per day) than when there were concrete floors in front of the feed bunk (4.8 hours per day). Lame cows have a reduced feed intake: other studies reported that each instance of lameness was associated with a reduction of 28 kg in dry matter intake. The study recommends that dairy farmers place softer flooring (with<br \/>\nan appropriate degree of friction) in front of feed bunks, to improve comfort in this area and to reduce time spent standing in stalls.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Designing Better Environments for Cows to Walk and Stand - 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\/es_mx\/designing-better-environments-for-cows-to-walk-and-stand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Designing Better Environments for Cows to Walk and Stand - Animat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The University of Alberta Department of Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science published a study that showed lameness is one of the most serious ailments facing dairy cows, and inappropriate flooring has been implicated as a cause. 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Use of concrete flooring has been associated with increased hoof problems. Increasing both the softness and the degree of surface friction of the floor improves cow mobility and reduces the risk of injury from falls. Softer flooring in front of feed bunks can increase the time cattle spend close to the feeder and may increase feed intake. The study compared un-grooved concrete flooring with Animat\u2019s softer rubber flooring options which has a rough surface providing good friction. When walking on Animat, the cows walked about 8% faster and slipped less: 70% of cows slipped at least once when walking on the concrete but only 20% slipped when walking on Animat. We compared dry cows that were kept in a pen where the floor in front of the feed bunk was either slatted concrete or slats covered with Animat. 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