Interview to Arianna Zanella
Strategies to implement welfare inside the barn
Absolutely. Dairy farms can’t refrain from installing a modern system to counteract negative effects of heat stress. Nowadays, animals in barns have very high production capability and, as a consequence, they need high standard of comfort in order to express their full potential.
Obviously the correct use of a ventilation system is essential to obtain the maximum benefit. The automatic activation of the systems, based on the surrounding THI, allows us to strictly follow a pre-determined protocol.
The animal welfare is at the base of any other intervention aimed at the improvement of productive and reproductive performance. In other words, every action, that is carried out with lack of animal wellbeing, would bring partial or even insignificant results.
By choosing a CMP system you guarantee an efficient and effective system to your farm. The decennial experience of CMP is reflected in practical and measurable outcomes.
Wetting is a crucial element against heat stress. The combination of cooling and high-speed ventilation is the most effective system that we have to help dairy cows to dissipate great amount of heat. By using nozzles with big drops, water reaches the animals’ skin maximizing its effect and the use of high-speed fans allows fast evaporation, tackling efficiently high temperature in summer.
Several studies have proved that the exposition of animals at light at a determined intensity and for a certain amount of hours a day, brings advantages on production for dairy cows and on performance for the growth of young animals.
