Zero grazing conditions - dairy cows

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Conditions on an intensive zero grazing dairy farm.

Cows kept indoors have less opportunity to act naturally and exercise. Poor ventilation and high humidity increase the risk and spread of infection. These factors are likely to have an adverse effect on their health.

Hard concrete flooring can cause foot damage and is more painful for lame cows to stand and walk on. Zero-grazing systems have been linked to increased lameness.

Some herds, including a number in the UK, are kept on bare slatted floors. These are uncomfortable for the cows to walk, stand or lie down on.

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[barrysa04]

This is a winter shed.Farmers supply scratching posts,These slatted sheds as they r called r 4winter,The machine keeps place clean.Pushing away the poo,most slatted sheds hav rubber mats,shredded paper,peat where the cows lie down.Ciwf should stop attacking farmers all da time.

[bricky99]

@blackflower75 I think you should get your facts straight before critising us farmers none of what you have said in your post is the truth its people like you who give farming the bad publicity it is getting,i suppose your one of many that think its ok to keep slaughtering cows in order to save and protect the badger who is in fact the one reinfecting our cows.Them cows have a good diet,water they are clean and comfortable what more do you want????

[diegomendez1231]

I want this video on my T707 phone.

[rolandhensle24]

Your vid is popular on Lima

[AndyHarr0412]

can you try and explain to me what is wrong with this?

these are cows kept in a quality set up.

[fruityloopy]

@bricky99 If you were kept in a shed with a good diet and water would you be happy? If that is as someone says, a winter shed, what will happen to them in summer, will they go out to pasture?

Maybe farmers should be stating their case in a less hostile way, As for badgers that isn't a cut and dried issue at all ,places where they had a badger cull bovine tb has not been affected. More answers are needed before we start ruthlessly killing native wildlife - again.

[farmerboygeorge]

very nice set up there!

[barrysa04]

Ciwf,Ru bored.I supported ur campagins against battery cages n pig stalls,bt this is a winter shed.If cows r not happy.They wont make milk.Farmers want as much milk as possibl.I've seen dese sheds.Thr winter ones.U wud complain if they wer outside in the cold.

[JCB411abuser]

@blackflower75 there is still bse in ireland and there hasn't been meat and bone meal here for over a decade. and there is no antibiotics in milk, all milk is tested before being pasturised for antibiotics, if there is antibiotics in the milk it is dumped and the farmer is given a fine. my point still is that while yes these plants and vegetables are edible to humans, our digestive system can't extract the same amount of energy from it as a cow's digestive system.

[blackflower75]

@blackflower75 ... Milk boiled and pasteurized , and filled with antibiotics and god knows what else really isn't healthy is it? Are you trying to tell us that it was a good idea to feed animals on other animals , with the result being vile diseases like CJD and BSE developing as a result destroying countless animals and human lives all over the world? Then we have animals e.g pigs, sitting in their own shit , contained in tiny spaces , chewing each others ears and tails off . The list goes on.