Green bedding helps keep mastitis in check

摘要

Cow comfort, welfare and cleanliness are a priority for Dumfriesshire producer John Jamieson.Yields for the 300-cow pedigree Holstein Annan herd - 260 of which are in milk - are producing an average 12,000kg from three-times-a-day milking at the 450-acre Woodhead Farm, Annan.All cattle sheds have rubber matting to help prevent lameness and slipping, concrete yards are grooved and the cubicles are fitted with cow mattresses.It was in January 2012 when visiting a Holstein show in Lausanne, Switzerland, John saw the Green Bedding system, from slurry handling specialist Bauer, which produces bedding material for cubicles.