Aquastar: «No more cows lying in the corridor, even when it's hot».»
Thanks to its water pocket, the Aquastar mattress, installed in your cubicle barn, offers your cows comfortable bedding and impeccable hygiene.
Box Artémis: «Sanitarily, it's better for the animals.»
Calving is a crucial moment in a cow's career. For it to go as smoothly as possible, the cow must be provided with comfort and impeccable hygiene. With the Artémis stall, you offer the best conditions for calving your animals.
Sani-feed: «Our cows are fed under the most hygienic conditions».»
Over time, the acidity of the silage causes the concrete in the troughs to deteriorate. Cleaning becomes more difficult, and cleanliness is no longer guaranteed. The feed trough itself can become a source of microbial contamination of the feed. By covering the damaged concrete, Sani-feed matting ensures that the cows' rations are fed in the most hygienic conditions, while facilitating maintenance.
Cyclone 360: «The fan limits periods of heat stress. It shows in the summer milk production.»
To help livestock cope with the summer heat, installing a fan is one way of limiting rising temperatures in the barn. The Cyclone 360 fan, with its pulsating air flow, stirs up layers of air and cools stalls.
Delta Diam 16: «It doesn't slip any more. You can even see cows running!»
Concrete floors in barns are both hard on dairy cows' feet and slippery. Delta Diam 16 rubber mats feature a raised surface for safe animal movement. The system also facilitates the evacuation of manure, and therefore the maintenance of the building, while guaranteeing good hygiene conditions on the farm.
Feeding step: «Since the cows have been eating quietly, milk production has increased.»
In a barn, a feed step keeps cows out of the way of the scraper. The system improves their comfort at the trough, encouraging them to take in their rations and thus produce more milk. Easy to install, this equipment requires no organizational changes, either in terms of feed distribution or building cleaning systems.
Grat'O Gratte: «With Grat'O Gratte, all cows have access to a safe place to scratch.»
Scratching is an important part of a cow's well-being. With Grat'O Gratte, rubber plate-based scratching stations, it's easy to offer cows several areas in which to satisfy this need in complete safety, without risk of injury.
Bioret Soil series - The benefits of flexible flooring for dairy cows #2
To limit foot injuries and lameness, which weaken cows and penalize their production, it's important to pay attention to the quality of stall floors. The addition of rubber mats makes the floor more supple and therefore more comfortable for the cows.
Bioret Série Sol - SOLVL study, the Magellan keeps herds clean #3
Clean feet are an essential factor in good cow health. A study by the Institut de l'Elevage showed that the installation of Magellan mats, coupled with frequent and effective scraping, not only brought comfort to the animals, but also improved foot hygiene.
Bioret Soil Series - Pebbles responsible for sole impacts #4
In dairy farming, lameness ranks third after infertility and mastitis among the most damaging pathologies. Among other things, this is due to the increasing size of herds, making it more difficult to keep a close eye on each individual animal, and to the use of zero grazing. Luca Fabozzi, Swiss veterinary expert with the independent consultancy Farmconsult, shares his 25 years of experience working alongside breeders and their practitioners to optimize herd management.