Traditionally heifers have been kept in fully slatted floor pens in Scandinavia. However, current Animal Welfare Regulation requires that heifers should have access to a lying area with solid floor. In order to reduce space requirements, a combined lying/feeding stall was developed. These combined ...
Author(s)
Bøe, K. E.; Færevik, G.
Publisher
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St Joseph, USA
Citation
9th International Livestock Environment Symposium (ILES IX), Valencia, Spain, 8-12 July 2012, 2012, pp ILES12-0335
Designs of barns with a free-stall housing system take into account various configurations of lying stalls. The distribution of the lying stalls in the pen, especially in connection with the access to the feed alley, translates into the distances covered by the cows every day. The aim of the study...
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Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava, Latvia
Citation
Proceedings of 20th International Scientific Conference "Engineering for Rural Development", Jelgava, Latvia, 26-28 May 2021, 2021, pp 1039-1045
Female pigs in breeding herds can be managed through four phases - gilt development, breeding, gestation, and lactation - during which they may be housed in group or individual pens, stalls, or on pasture. In this review, we focus on housing environments that optimize outcomes during gestation and...
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Koketsu, Y.; Iida, R.
Publisher
Wiley, Hoboken, USA
Citation
Molecular Reproduction and Development, 2017, 84, 9, pp 979-986
The housing of sows during gestation, farrowing and lactation is one of the most controversial animal welfare issues in livestock production. From 2017, the Australian Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals - Pigs will limit the duration of housing of gestating sows in gestation stall to ...
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Morrison, R. S.; Cronin, G. M.; Hemsworth, P. H.
Publisher
Australian Pig Science Association (Inc), Werribee, Australia
Citation
Manipulating pig production XIII. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association (APSA), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 27-30 November, 2011, 2011, pp 219-238
This article attempts to use our available knowledge of how environmental factors impact the dairy cow to create biological thresholds for housing design, which enable her to have adequate time for eating, drinking, socializing and rest. Thresholds for herd and group size, stocking density, pen...
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American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Stillwater, USA
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Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, 25-27 September 2008, 2008, pp 78-84
In the present study we aimed at performing an overview on dairy cows sheltering in Transylvania. Out of the 44 shelters studied, 20 were provided with tie-stalls system and 24 had free-standing stalls system. 60% of the tiestalls shelters had short stops and 35% medium stops, while only one ...
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Borda, C.; Popescu, S.; El-Mahdy, I. C.; Cîmpean, A.
Publisher
Tribun EU, Brno, Czech Republic
Citation
Animal hygiene and sustainable livestock production. Proceedings of the XVth International Congress of the International Society for Animal Hygiene, Vienna, Austria, 3-7 July 2011, Volume 2, 2011, pp 655-658
Dairy cattle housing are designed in different ways. Generally, the tie-stall housing systems, free-stall housing systems and loose housing systems are used in dairy cattle. Loose barn and free-stall barn systems have spread in recent years. Nowadays, housing types and building designs are come...
Author(s)
Șahın, E.; Uğurlu, N.
Publisher
Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
Citation
2nd ICSAE 2015, International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, September 30 - October 03, 2015, Konya, Turkey. Proceedings book, volume I & II, 2015, pp 396-402
There are many reasons why overstocking in free-stall housing systems may occur, including an unexpectedly busy calving month, too many replacement heifers, or herd expansion taking place before barn expansion. While overstocking may be a short-term solution to a management challenge, there is a...
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Huzzey, J. M.; Overton, T. R.; Keyserlingk, M. A. G. von
Publisher
Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
Citation
Proceedings of the 22nd Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, 23-24 April 2013, 2013, pp 51-62
Sow management and housing during gestation can generate stress which could influence piglet performance and survival during lactation. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of two group-housing systems for gestating sows on sow behaviour and litter performance. The conventional system...
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Pastorelli, H.; Meunier-Salaün, M. C.; Tallet, C.; Calvar, C.; Quesnel, H.
Publisher
Institut du Porc, Paris, France
Citation
Journées de la Recherche Porcine en France, 2016, 48, pp 201-206
Publisher
Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Citation
Banff Pork Seminar Proceedings, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 15-17 January 2013, 2013, pp 91-100