[Prevention of Teat Injuries in Dairy Cattle by Remodelling of Tying Stalls (author's transl)].

The effects of longer standings and affording adequate freedom of movement by the use of cow trainers were studied on sixteen commercial farms with short standing tying stalls. Comparison with the results obtained in previous studies showed that the incidence of severe teat injuries had decreased by 41.5 per cent. This was also apparent from the reduced average period required for healing of the injuries. Observations were continued on five farms when the cows were turned out to pasture in the summer. The period required for healing as well as the sites and types of teat injury observed in the remodelled tying stalls and during the grazing period were found to be very similar. The incidence of severe teat injuries was 43.5 per cent lower on the pastures than it was in the remodelled tying stalls.