Gaworski Marek, Boćkowski Michał
Department of Production Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland.
Metal Structures Company, 07-300 Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Sep 22;12(19):2530. doi: 10.3390/ani12192530.
Dairy cattle housing systems are the subject of numerous studies, in which a strong emphasis is placed on the comparison of animal welfare, animal behavior, production indicators and labor inputs. Dairy cattle housing systems are linked to specific livestock buildings, which is a prerequisite for undertaking studies comparing barns and their technical equipment. The aim of the study was to compare barns with two types of housing systems, i.e., tie-stall and freestall, including the identification of technical wear in various areas used by animals. This objective was linked to the assessment of animal health problems in livestock facilities. The research covered 38 dairy farms, 19 of which kept cows in the tie-stall system and 19 in the freestall system. The barns in these farms were examined for technical damage and construction errors, assessed in four areas: lying, feeding, milking and social. The research results confirmed significant differences in the degree of damage to technical equipment in individual areas of barns and between barns with tie-stall and freestall housing systems. The conclusions indicate the need to link the degradation of barns and their technical equipment, as well as design errors with the evaluation of dairy cattle welfare in future studies.
奶牛养殖系统是众多研究的主题，这些研究非常重视动物福利、动物行为、生产指标和劳动力投入的比较。奶牛养殖系统与特定的牲畜建筑相关联，这是开展比较畜舍及其技术设备研究的前提条件。该研究的目的是比较采用两种养殖系统（即栓系式牛舍和散栏式牛舍）的畜舍，包括识别动物使用的各个区域的技术磨损情况。这一目标与评估畜牧设施中的动物健康问题相关。研究涵盖了38个奶牛场，其中19个采用栓系式系统饲养奶牛，19个采用散栏式系统。对这些农场的畜舍进行了技术损坏和建筑错误检查，在躺卧、喂食、挤奶和社交四个区域进行了评估。研究结果证实，畜舍各个区域的技术设备损坏程度以及采用栓系式和散栏式养殖系统的畜舍之间存在显著差异。结论表明，在未来的研究中，需要将畜舍及其技术设备的退化以及设计错误与奶牛福利评估联系起来。
