OBSERVATIONS ON THE INCIDENCE OF TEAT INJURIES IN DIFFERENT COWSHEDS

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 34  (1-2) , 13-19
Abstract
The study comprises 647 reported teat injuries occurring in 212 farms over a period of 4 yr. The farms had an average of 10.9 cows or a total of some 2300 cows annually. The annual incidence of teat injury in each herd was calculated. There were 2 types of cowsheds in this material: short standing cowsheds with a dung grid, the incidence of teat injury being 9.1 .+-. 8.7/100 cows per annum; short standing cowsheds with a solid manure system, the incidence being 4.1 .+-. 5.2/100 cows per annum and long standing cowsheds with a solid manure system, the incidence being 5.7 .+-. 7.8/100 cows per annum. There were significant differences between incidences 1 and 2 as well as between the incidences 1 and 3. In short standing cowsheds the stall length had a strong influence on the incidence of teat injury: the longer the short stall, the less the incidence of teat injury. In modern cowsheds there were fewer teat injuries than in older cowsheds.

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