Aquastar: "There are no more cows lying in the aisle, even when it's hot."
Thanks to its water pouch, the Aquastar mattress, installed in your stall barn, provides your cows with comfortable bedding and impeccable hygiene.
ARTEMIS calving pen: "It's better for the animals from a health perspective."
Calving is a crucial time in a cow's career. To ensure that it goes as smoothly as possible, the cow must be provided with comfort and impeccable hygiene. With the ARTEMIS pen, you offer the best conditions for your animals' calving.
SANI-FEED: "The feed is distributed to our cows in the best hygienic conditions."
Over time, due to the acidity of silage, the concrete in the troughs deteriorates. Cleaning becomes more complicated and cleanliness is no longer guaranteed. The feeder itself can become a source of microbial contamination of the feed. By covering the degraded concrete, the SANI-FEED mat welcomes the cows' ration in the best hygienic conditions while facilitating maintenance.
Cyclone 360: "The fan limits periods of heat stress. This is evident in summer milk production."
To help livestock animals withstand the summer heat, installing a fan is one of the solutions to limit the rise in temperatures in the barn. The Cyclone 360 fan and its pulsed airflow mix the air layers and cool the barns.
Delta Diam 16: "It no longer slips. We even see cows running!"
In barns, concrete floors are both abrasive to the feet of dairy cows and slippery. Thanks to their patterns, Delta Diam 16 rubber mats secure the movement of animals. The system also facilitates the evacuation of excrement, thus maintaining the building while guaranteeing good hygiene conditions for the livestock.
FEEDING STEP: "Since the cows eat quietly, milk production has increased."
In a free stall barn, a feeding alley keeps the cows away from the scraper's path. The system improves their comfort at the trough, thus promoting feed intake and therefore milk production. Simple to install, this equipment does not require any change in organization, either in terms of feed distribution or the building cleaning system.
Grat’O Gratte: « With Grat’O Gratte, all cows have access to a safe scratching area. »
The ability to scratch is a component of a cow's well-being. With Grat'O Gratte, scratching stations made of rubber slabs, it is easy to offer them several areas where they can safely satisfy this need, without risk of injury.
Bioret Soil Series – The benefit of a flexible floor for dairy cows #2
To limit foot injuries and lameness that weaken cows and penalize their production, ensure the quality of the floors in barns. Adding rubber flooring restores flexibility to the floor and therefore comfort to the cows.
Bioret Ground Series – SOLVL Study, Magellan preserves herd cleanliness #3
The cleanliness of the legs is a primary factor for the good health of cows. A study by the Institut de l’Elevage showed that the installation of Magellan mats, coupled with frequent and effective scraping, not only provided comfort to the animals, but also improved foot hygiene.
Bioret Soil Series – Stones responsible for sole impacts #4
In dairy farming, lameness is the third most detrimental pathology, following infertility and mastitis. This is due, among other factors, to the increasing herd sizes, which complicate close monitoring of each animal, and the move towards zero grazing. Luca Fabozzi, a Swiss veterinarian and expert at the independent consulting firm Farmconsult, shares his nearly 25 years of experience working alongside farmers and their practitioners to optimize herd management.