{"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\/es_mx\/cow-comfort-issues-in-freestall-barns\/","title":{"rendered":"Problemas relacionados con el confort de las vacas en establos libres"},"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\">Problemas relacionados con el confort de las vacas en establos libres<\/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 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=\"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>\u00abUn trabajo anterior de Fulwider y Palmer, 2003, indicaba que las vacas pasan tanto tiempo tumbadas en establos con colchones bien dise\u00f1ados como en establos con arena, pero pasan m\u00e1s tiempo de pie en los establos con colchones. Cook et al., 2004a, llegaron a la misma conclusi\u00f3n (Tabla 9). Se han propuesto diferentes razones para explicar estos fen\u00f3menos. En oto\u00f1o de 2003 se instalaron alfombrillas de goma (RAM) en todos los pasillos del mismo corral en el que se hab\u00edan realizado anteriormente estudios sobre las preferencias de las vacas en cuanto a los establos. La tabla 11 muestra el efecto de las alfombrillas de goma en el uso de los establos (Fulwider y Palmer, 2003). Se registr\u00f3 el uso de los establos durante 31 d\u00edas antes de instalar las RAM. Se concedi\u00f3 un periodo de aclimataci\u00f3n de tres semanas para que las vacas ajustaran sus patrones de comportamiento y, a continuaci\u00f3n, se registraron las actividades en los establos y se compararon los resultados con los valores anteriores. No se observ\u00f3 ning\u00fan cambio en la cantidad de establos con vacas tumbadas, pero el porcentaje de establos con vacas de pie disminuy\u00f3 significativamente. Esto se interpret\u00f3 como que las vacas prefer\u00edan estar de pie sobre superficies blandas. En otras palabras, las vacas prefer\u00edan estar de pie en establos blandos cuando la alternativa eran suelos de hormig\u00f3n duro.<\/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\">Art\u00edculo completo<\/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\">Explore nuestro folleto<\/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\">Solicitar una copia<\/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\">Empieza hoy mismo<\/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\/es_mx\/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\">Cont\u00e1ctenos<\/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>\u00abUn trabajo anterior de Fulwider y Palmer, 2003, indicaba que las vacas pasan tanto tiempo tumbadas en establos con colchones bien dise\u00f1ados como en establos con arena, pero pasan m\u00e1s tiempo de pie en los establos con colchones. Cook et al., 2004a, llegaron a la misma conclusi\u00f3n (Tabla 9). Se han propuesto diferentes razones para explicar estos fen\u00f3menos. En oto\u00f1o de 2003 se instalaron alfombrillas de goma (RAM) en todos los pasillos del mismo corral en el que se hab\u00edan realizado anteriormente estudios sobre las preferencias de las vacas en cuanto a los establos. La tabla 11 muestra el efecto de las alfombrillas de goma en el uso de los establos (Fulwider y Palmer, 2003). Se registr\u00f3 el uso de los establos durante 31 d\u00edas antes de instalar las RAM. Se concedi\u00f3 un periodo de aclimataci\u00f3n de tres semanas para que las vacas ajustaran sus patrones de comportamiento y, a continuaci\u00f3n, se registraron las actividades en los establos y se compararon los resultados con los valores anteriores. No se observ\u00f3 ning\u00fan cambio en la cantidad de establos con vacas tumbadas, pero el porcentaje de establos con vacas de pie disminuy\u00f3 significativamente. Esto se interpret\u00f3 como que las vacas prefer\u00edan estar de pie sobre superficies blandas. En otras palabras, las vacas prefer\u00edan estar de pie en establos blandos cuando la alternativa eran suelos de hormig\u00f3n duro.<\/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\/es_mx\/cow-comfort-issues-in-freestall-barns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\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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