DUBUQUE, Iowa — Stall designs commonplace in free-stall barns up until a few years ago are failing cows, says Nigel Cook, with the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. Failure to ...
Lameness affects dairy cows worldwide and is usually associated with pain. Behavioral differences in lame compared to non-lame tie-stall-housed dairy cows might be less pronounced than in ...
Tie-stalls are the most confining method of housing for dairy cows and remain commonly used to house cows in many countries. Finding methods to improve animal welfare through housing modifications and ...
FARIBAULT, Minn. — Randy and Kathy Bauer needed to make changes on their dairy farm, but they didn’t know which way to go. They were milking 65 cows in 32 tie stalls. Randy had knee surgery and Kathy ...
'Free-stall', untied cattle in small herds produce less milk than cows tied to their stalls but have a higher reproductive performance and suffer less teat injuries and metabolic diseases. Researchers ...
This comes from my colleague, Alaina Potrikus: Munnsville, NY -- Dairy farmers will take part in a discussion about tie-stall designs for dairy cows at 1 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Meeker Farm on Brown Road ...
Q: What is your role in agriculture today? My husband Nathan and I dairy farm in Central Minnesota. We milk 100 Holstein cows in a tie stall barn. Nathan and I share the workload on our farm. We ...
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