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Compost Bedded Pack Barn Design: Features and Management Consideration

Compost Bedded Pack Barn Design: Features and Management Consideration

ID-206: Compost Bedded Pack Barn Design: Features and Management Consideration

Authored by: Jeffrey Bewley Randi Black Flavio Damasceno George Day Joe Taraba

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Abstract

The compost bedded pack barn is a housing system for lactating dairy cows. It consists of a large, open resting area, usually bedded with sawdust or dry, fine wood shavings and manure composted into place and mechanically stirred on a regular basis.

Core Details

Publication ID

ID-206

Status

New

Publication Date

Nov. 12, 2012

Series

Multi-Part Series

N/A


Categorical Details

Language

English

Peer Reviewed?

Yes

Contact Information

Tawana Brown
Associate Director, Educational Publications

361 Blazer Dining 343 S. Martin Luther King Blvd. Lexington, KY 40526-0012

+1 (859) 257-7566

tawana.brown@uky.edu