Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice: Housing to Optimize Comfort, Health and Productivity of Dairy Cattles
Tento díl oblíbeného Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice se věnuje problematice ustájení skotu s ohledem na optimalizaci pohodlí, zdraví a produktivitu dojnic. Témata kapitol zahrnují: Dilema přirozeného ustájení a ochrany zvířat, projektování teletníků, odpočívárna pro dojnice a její význam pro, dopad hustoty ustájené a stresů, chování při krmení, vlastnosti krmného prostoru, návrh a údržba stáje pro dospělý dojný skot, maximalizace pohodlí ve stáji s ohledem na velikost dojnic, mateřské chování a design poroden, ustájení krávy po porodu pro optimalizaci laktace, ventilační systémy pro dojnice, chladicí systémy pro dojnice, projektování stáji s automatizovanými systémy dojení, možnosti projektování stájí s nízkou hladinou stresu s ohledem na inseminační a veterinární zákroky.
Autor: Nigel B. Cook, Professor in Food Animal Production Medicine, Chair - Department of Medical Sciences, Past President of American Association of Bovine Practitioners University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison WI
| Nakladatel | Elsevier Saunders |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780323678032 |
| Vydání | 2019 |
| Vazba | pevná |
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This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice, Guest Edited by Dr. Nigel B. Cook, in collaboration with Consulting Editor Dr. Robert Smith, focuses on Housing to Optimize Comfort, Health and Productivity of Dairy Cattle. Article topics include: The housing dilemma: natural living vs. animal protection; Calf barn design and management; Lying time and its importance to the dairy cow: impact of stocking density and time budget stresses; Feeding behavior, feed space and bunk design, and management for adult dairy cattle; Maximizing comfort in tiestall housing; Free stall design and bedding management; Maternal behavior and design of the maternity pen; Housing the cow in transition to optimize early lactation performance; Ventilation systems for adult dairy cattle; Cooling systems for dairy cows; Designing dairy herds with automated milking systems; and Low stress handling areas for dairy cow barns.
| Introduction: Bulding from the Cow Up. | 1 |
| The Dairy Cattle Housing Dilemma: Natural Behavioral versus. Animal Care. | 11 |
| Calf Barn Design to Optimize Health and Ease of Management | 29 |
| Lying Time and Its Importance to the Dairy Cow: Impact of Stocking Density and Time Budget Stresses. | 47 |
| Feeding Behavior, Feed space, and Bunk Design and Management for Adult Dairy Cattle. | 61 |
| Maximizing Comfort in Tiestall Housing. | 77 |
| Optimizing Resting Behavior in Lacting Dairy Cows Through Free Stall Design. | 93 |
| Maternal Behavior and Design of the Maternity Pen. | 111 |
| Designing Facilities for Adult Dairy Cow During the Nonlacting and Early Lactation Period. | 125 |
| Ventilation Systems for Adult Dairy Cattle. | 139 |
| Consideration for Cooling Dairy Cows with Water. | 157 |
| Designing Automated Milking Dairy Facilities to Maximize Labor Efficience. | 175 |
| Design and Management of Proper Handling Systems for Dairy Cows. | 195 |