The Design of feeding barriers and mangers and its effect on incidence of injuries and feed wastage

Jan Cermak

doi:10.21423/bovine-vol0no23p74-75

The Design of feeding barriers and mangers and its effect on incidence of injuries and feed wastage

Authors

Jan Cermak ADAS Farm Buildings Development Centre, Coley Park, Reading RG1 6DT, England

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no23p74-75

Keywords:

barriers, Cattle housing, cows, design, feeds, injuries, mangers, wastage

Abstract

Performance specifications, advantages and disadvantages of tombstone barriers, diagonal bars, post and rail barriers, mangers (shaped profiles) and dovetail feeding barriers with shaped mangers are listed. Their dimensions and arrangement are shown in diagrams. Type of injuries caused and reasons for feed wastage are presented.

Cover image of the 23rd Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a view of Stampede Park in downtown Calgary framed by one curving wing of the Scotiabank Saddledome.

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Published

1988-11-01

How to Cite

Cermak, J. (1988). The Design of feeding barriers and mangers and its effect on incidence of injuries and feed wastage. The Bovine Practitioner, (23), 74–75. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol0no23p74-75