How the market and consumers reward investments in higher forms of husbandry, what lessons have been learned from the ASF incident in Hesse and how perfect rations are designed in horse feeding.
DLG test programme and DIN 3763 are fulfilled for the tested criteria. Deformability and elasticity correspond to DIN 3763 class 2 for single-surface pens for calves.
The tested Cow-Welfare cow mattress Latex Soft CHY has fulfilled the requirements of the test framework and DIN 3763 with regard to the tested criteria.
The DeLaval Sandbedmat Sand Stabilizer tested here was investigated with regard to comfort characteristics on test rigs in the DLG Appoved Test “BTS Cattle1”.
The criteria tested in this DLG-recognised individual criteria test evaluate the durability properties, in particular the acid resistance, of the DeLaval front sleeper and the DeLaval end element for deep box cubicles for use in cattle barns on the basis of laboratory tests. The tested DeLaval front sill and the DeLaval end element fulfilled the requirements of the test framework with regard to the analysed criteria.