Daily routine of a dairy cow voluminous products, which lay firm on the floor …thick, wear resistant mats …very durable but animal-friendly soft …produced in a patented process …single mats, easy to install …the right mat for each purpose

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KRAIBURG brings the pasture indoors

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Daily routine of a dairy cow
Lying
12-14h
Milking
3-5h
Eating
5-6h
Walking
3h

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For this does KRAIBURG offer a wide assortment of animal
house floorings in a modular construction system for
… lying
(lying comfort)
… walking
(walking comfort)
… milking/feeding
(standing comfort)

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• …voluminous products, which lay firm on the floor
• …thick, wear resistant mats
• …very durable but animal-friendly soft
• …produced in a patented process
• …single mats, easy to install
• …the right mat for each purpose
KRAIBURG cattle house mats are ….

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Comfortable Lying

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 adapts ideally to the cow lying!
Resilience with different loads
 when getting up and laying down
the supporting studs are resilient
6 cm thick, flexible wing profile mat = WINGFLEX

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And the result of high lying comfort ….
… positive for milk yield!
hard rubber mat soft KRAIBURG mat
About 1.5 kg per
cow and day
MORE MILK
Source: oral experimental report from the LfL Saxonia, Köllitsch farm in Germany,
1999
… healthy, happy and relaxed cows!

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 soft and dry in the
walking area
 hygienic
 abrasive
Comfortable Walking and Standing

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Comfortable Walking and Standing
• Lameness and Milkloss

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Lameness reduces
milk yield
locomotion score Milk yield
% loss in comparison to
locomotion score = 1
Comfortable Walking and Standing

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Comfortable Walking and Standing
Locomotion score = Lameness
1 2 3 4 5
milk loss
reduced food intake
milkyield[%]
Foodintake[%]

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innen
HR
Anatomy
Lateral toe
about
3mm
longer

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Prof. Karl Nuss, Universität Zürich

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Prof. Karl Nuss, Universität Zürich

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Comfortable Walking and Standing
• Calw friendly
The outer toe on the hind leg is about 3 mm longer!
The sole of the outer claw is - with level cut claws - thinner
and hence more pressure-sensitive than the inner claw
Sinks in as in nature for optimal force
absorption and protection against
overloading: takes into account
anatomic and behavioural-biological
specifics

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• Calw friendly
What are the positive effects of soft floors?
Walking behavior
animals are more active
with a longer steps and
higher speed  confidence
in the ground!
Heat activity
bulling on soft floor
four times often
Comfort behavior
body hygiene is more
frequent and intensive!

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KURA mats - Top solution for walking and standing area:
KURA P / Flex / Flush / Sun / CowWalk / Form / Rotary…
19 mm
milking parlors, milking carousels, driving alleys, collecting sections
24 mm

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Cattle choose soft floors
Nature:
abrading does
not happen on
hard, rocky but
on soft and
sandy floor!
combining hard and
soft floors
influences animal
behaviour:
 clear localisation
of cows on soft
areas
(stress factor!)

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profiKURA – the abrasive walking mat
All in one product - on all
walking areas in the
cattle house:
• animal-friendly softness
• improved grip
• optimized claw abrasion
> through balanced content of
abrasive agent in the surface
Thickness: 24 mm
optiGrip-surface stud profile

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• … are claw-friendly and slip-resistant
• … contribute to noise reduction
• … shorten the milking cycle through
less stress
-> animals stand comfortable & relaxed;
-> distinct reduction of milking cycle
• …fit perfectly  for every geometry
adaptable  easy, flexible tailoring and
installation also between 2 milking cycles
• … are also perfectly for milking carousels /
rotaries
KURA mats in milking parlors ….

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Comfortable Standing in Milking Area
• Fish Bone Parlor

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• The Parlor Plattform
• Stressfree standing =
easier milking
• more milk in
shorter time
• quicker milking
Comfortable Standing in Milking Area

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Comfortable Standing in Milking Area
• Caroussel Parlor

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Holding Area – Collecting Area
• very stressful place for the cows
• narrow, pushed, slippery
• long time standing
Minimize the risk of hoof
insuries and crashed cows
Comfortable Walking in Milking Area

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• Exit Lanes from Parlor
• Quicker movement
out of the Parlor
• Slip resistand
 Minimize risk of
hoof insuries!
Comfortable Walking and Standing in Milking Area

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• Driveways Parlor to Stable (Video)
Comfortable Walking

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• Animal friendly
• Close to nature
• Easy to maintain
• Get more milk
• Lower mortality
• Longer productive
life of cows
• Less working
hours for farmers
• Immense durability
• Thus: Cost efficiency!
Conclusion: Why rubber mats in our cow farms?

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The closer the
conditons in cow
houses are like
pasture, the better
for the cows ….
…… and …..
…… KRAIBURG
brings the pasture
indoors!
The core principle

29. legt die Weide in den Stall
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Franz Hueller,
KRAIBURG
and East African
Distributor
Medilink,
Nairobi,
Kenya