Health Impact of a Stall Divider Raised Nine Inches in Side-lunge Stalls for 900 Cows
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20025049Keywords:
freestall design, dirtiness, mastitis, stall configurationsAbstract
Clinicians associate deficits in freestall design with cows lying in alleys, increased dirtiness, increased mastitis, and increased risk of entrapment injury. However, there is a paucity of published case reports that document the risks. This report documents mastitis and injury rates as three different stall configurations were introduced sequentially to a herd of approximately 1,000 Holstein cows.