In cattle husbandry, we focus more and more on the well-being of animals, their longevity and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in the environment, which are produced during rearing of cattle. One of the possible way to realize these goals are compost bedded pack barns. Compost bedded pack barns offer to cattle comfort and with proper processing of the mixture of excrement and bedding we get a high-quality compost as a by-product, which is excellent for fertilizing agricultural land. Barns with permeable floors for urine disposal allow for immediate separation of urine and faces reducing ammonia emissions. By separating urine and faces we get two different types of fertilizers, which enables flexible fertilization of agricultural land. Work on farms is made much easier by automatic feeding systems. The use of these systems significantly reduces the amount of work, ensures better feeding hygiene and reduce feed loss. An innovation on urine reduction is also the cow toilet. It is a system that works on the principle of nerve stimulation, which causes the cow to urinate into a container intended for this purpose. With this quick removal of urine from the barn so we created a better micro-climate in the barn. Research has shown that slurry separation helps reduce the emissions of ammonia, methane and other greenhouse gases. In my diploma work, we also presented a conceptual plan for the construction of a new free-walk open barn for dairy cows on our home farm. Milking will take place in a side-by-side milking parlour and the secretions will be removed by a robot for cleaning the walking alleys.
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