Housing to optimize comfort, health, and productivity of dairy cattle

Author(s)

• Cook, Nigel B.
• Smith, Robert A.

Bibliographic Information

Housing to optimize comfort, health, and productivity of dairy cattle

editor, Nigel B. Cook ; consulting editor, Robert A. Smith

（Veterinary clinics of North America, . Food animal practice ; v. 35, no. 1, March 2019）（Clinics review articles）

Elsevier, c2019

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC04991991
• ISBN:
  • 9780323678032
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 227 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 636.2142
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Dairy cattle
  • LCSH : Dairy barns
  • LCSH : Milk yield
  • LCSH : Dairy cattle -- Health
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA56066958
  • BB14540776