Dairy cattle
The volume of the drain channels ensures sufficient urine is generally collected with a two‐hour scraper frequency. The gently curved and deformable surface between the drain channels offers a 6% slope and slight profiling when unloaded. The soft walking surfaces are animal friendly and offer pleasant walking comfort. Further, the surface comes with incorporated abrasive corundum. This improves slip resistance, even with dry flooring, and supports the correct hoof form through optimized hoof abrasion.
1) 61 % mean value, 70 % maximum value (compared to a level concrete floor); data source: ANECO, results report number: 70198-002 of May 16, 2024
2) KTBL, 2024: Förderfähige Techniken zur Emissionsminderung in Stallbauten (Eligible techniques for reducing emissions in livestock buildings)
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KRAIBURG walking area mats are specially designed to meet the natural needs of cattle:
It is soft and animal friendly, thereby improving hoof health and sure-footedness. The cows express their gratitude through increased activity and enhanced performance. Lame-free cows are more fertile and have a positive impact on work and costs. Animal-friendly walking areas pay for themselves!
Hard ground inevitably causes pressure peaks, especially at the rear outer claw and results in an incorrect load. Our rubber flooring ensures a natural sinking depth of about 3 mm. Pressure measurements carried out by the University of Leipzig on cattle hooves confirmed that pressure peaks on rubber are much smaller than on concrete. This results in enhanced pressure distribution and is comparable to the effect of walking on a pasture.
Cattle are soft soil walkers by nature. Cows experience greater support on elastic ground and their hooves are also relieved thanks to enhanced pressure distribution. Our rubber mats are specially designed to meet these needs. This leads to a significant decrease in mechanical‐traumatic hoof damage.
The more comfortable and slip resistant the walking areas, the more active the cows in the barn. As a result, the cows not only feed more, their hooves are also healthier. Overall, these are the various positive aspects that contribute to a greater milk yield. A study by the Van Hall Institute in the Netherlands demonstrated a milk yield increase of about 3.3% per year thanks to improved walking comfort.
It is well proven that cows walk more each day on rubber flooring than on concrete. Other natural cow behavior, such as licking on three legs to care for the skin in the udder‐thigh gap, also increases. Important for fertility management: On species‐appropriate soft walking areas, cows in heat mount or ride others more often, making estrus detection much easier.
More frequent mounting facilitates estrus detection. This helps to improve fertility performance on the farm. The figures speak for themselves: For instance, the calving‐to‐conception interval can be reduced significantly by using rubber mats in the walking alley.
Dry hooves carry the milk: animal-friendly soft rubber flooring with a slope ensures dry walking surfaces and therefore dry, healthy hooves. The cows walk sure-footed and reward this with productivity and a good milk yield.
Soft walking in dairy barns began 20 years ago with the KURA mat. Since then, the product range for walking areas has continuously been developed. If there’s a will, there’s a way. Everything is possible, from a wide range of paved / concrete floors to custom-made slatted floorings and rubber mats with integrated slopes.
How rubber barn mats boost animal welfare and productivity