your cow comfort specialist

DRINKERS
Availability of water
- The dairy cows need at least 1.5 / 2 liters of water per liter of milk produced
- The amount increases as the diet is rich in proteins, salts and SS
- With increase in temperature increases the water intake from 64 to 10° C will change
to 106 when it exceeds the 40° C (NRC, 1981)
- When the temperature rises in the absence of adequate sources of water reduces the ingestion of SS
therefore falls milk production.
Here we see that positive change is that the ingestion of milk production as a function of increased availability of drinkers
(correlation between water and prod. milk r = 0.94; correlation between water intake and SS r = 0.96)
Ingestion (kg ss)
Milk production (kg ss)
Milk fat (%)
Milk protein (%)
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n. & dimension
of drinker
How can stimulate a cow to drink more?
- I have to ensure a sufficient number of drinkers: so for every animal there must be 10 cm of drinking water place per head
- Water troughs should be 30/35 cm deep, with a range of at least 10 l / min. (optimum 13)
- Drinkers must be clean, and positioned in the shade in places easily accessible by the animals
- There should be no more than 30 animals per drinker
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