Health Impact of a Stall Divider Raised Nine Inches in Side-lunge Stalls for 900 Cows

Authors

  • Ken Nordlund University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
  • Simon Peek University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
  • Tom Bennett University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
  • Jerry Gaska Gaska Dairy Health Services, Columbus, WI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20025049

Keywords:

freestall design, dirtiness, mastitis, stall configurations

Abstract

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.

Cover image of the 35th Conference Proceedings: Holstein cows standing in a row at a fence. A small group of cattle are bunched together in a pen. Yellow background.

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Published

2002-09-26

Issue

2002

Section

Research Summaries - Dairy II

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