Better cowhouse


By mika - Posted on 29 July 2008 - Updated on 09 September 2008

The temperature of a cowhouse is unnecessarily high for the cows. One cow sweats approx. one bucket a day, so there is much energy going to waist.   

 

Wouldn't it be wise to lower the temperature in the cowhouse, so that the cows would not have to be like in a sauna and spend less energy sweating? More energy would be used in achieving self-sufficiency in milk yield and also in heating cowhouses. It is foolish to design the temperature of the cowhouses for people when the cow are its principal users.

In Canada has been developed a ventilated cowhouse for summer use.


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