Cross-Ventilated Barns for Dairy Cows: New Building Design with Cow Comfort in Mind
Published: August 2, 2013
Summary
The most important factors that determine the selection of the type of housing for dairy cattle are cost, animal comfort, worker’s efficiency, durability, and a favorable return on investment. Since the first low-profile cross-ventilated barn (LPCV) started to operate in South Dakota in the fall of 2005, at least 6 more facilities have been built in this state using this technology, and doz...
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South Dakota State University
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Indian Broilor Group / IB Group
5 de agosto de 2013
Very good information did you calculated the economy of this type of barn
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South Dakota State University
5 de agosto de 2013
No, regrettably we don't have that information yet. We will have in the future however, as most large new barns going up recently in the area have been of the cross-ventilation type.
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14 de octubre de 2013
How to know the fan detail, like model, number of fans required as regards animals and power required for these fans, etc?
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Indian Broilor Group
10 de noviembre de 2016
Can we have economic calculation for this type of barn and comparison to other system?
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