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Housing the dairy herd (May house for: (Specific life stages, Sick/lame…

- - - - Important for oestrus inspection
- - - - Get more cattle into same space
      - Arguably reduces bullying
    - - When defecates while lying ends up in passageway not bed
  - - - 2.3m open front
      - 2.6m against wall
    - - 1.2m
    - - 15-20cm
      - Brisket board 1.6 - 1.8m (stops coming too far forward)
    - - Sand
      - Sawdust
      - Recycled waste
      - Mattress/water bed
  - - - Legal requirement: 1 per cow
      - Better: 5-10% extra
    - - Every 20 cubicles & at ends
    - - Straw, sand, sawdust, manure solids, mattress, water bed
      - Comfort: Knee-drop test
- - - - Onto feet
        
        Digital dermatitis
      - Onto udder
        
        Mastitis
    - - Wide passageways so wave of dung shallow
      - Run manually using a tractor while cows shut away