Measures for cattle barns
Making our barns climate-resilient is the declared credo for the future. Only with optimal ventilation and a sensible level of technology will it be possible to make heat waves more bearable for the animals and prevent health problems or reduced performance.
In conversation with Ms. Ing. Irene Mösenbacher-Molterer, you will learn which measures can be implemented in existing cattle barns to relieve the animals during heat waves.
Priv.- Doz. Dr. Andreas Steinwidder in conversation with Ing. Irene Mösenbacher-Molterer (HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein)
Here you can watch the full interview on the topic of "Converting existing cattle barns to be climate-friendly":
More information on improving a cattle barn
- Animal health aspects
- Heat stress in cattle husbandry
- Summer, sun, heat stress: How to keep your cattle productive
- The DeLaval cooling system in practical testing (PDF download)
- Fans for cooling cattle barns (PDF)
- Proper positioning of fans (PDF)
- Potential for temperature reduction in dairy barns (PDF)
Weiterführende Unterlagen:
- The brochure building on the podcast series Technical brochure on climate change adaptation with short and concise technical articles for reading and
- supplementary slide sets for teaching and consulting in all agricultural areas.
