Cow bed

Abstract

The utility model discloses a dairy cow bed, including the concrete hardening bed body, one side of concrete hardening bed body is adjacent with the eating passageway, the surface of concrete hardening bed body is higher than eating passageway, the upper surface of concrete hardening bed body is obliquely arranged, the height of bed head of concrete hardening bed body is higher than the height of bed tail, the foam pad is laid on concrete hardening bed body, the water bed pad is laid on foam pad. The utility model discloses dairy cow bed, through laying foam pad and water bed pad on concrete hardening bed body in proper order, then combining the setting of concrete hardening bed body surface inclination, provide softness for the lying of dairy cow, guarantee the comfort of bed at the same time, greatly reduce the humidity of bed, reduce the breeding of pathogenic microorganism, create a sustained low bacteria, dry comfortable " dry bed environment " for dairy cow.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of dairy farming facilities technology, and in particular to a dairy cow bed. Background Technology

[0002] Currently, large-scale dairy farms commonly use bedding-based dairy cow beds (such as sand beds, rice husk beds, and rubber mat + rice husk composite beds). The basic structure involves laying 20-40 cm thick loose bedding material in the bedding base, relying on the bedding's moisture absorption and cushioning properties to provide a comfortable lying environment for the cows. However, in actual production, the following inherent drawbacks have been found in this approach: 1. The bedding material absorbs moisture continuously and is difficult to release moisture quickly. After feeding and milking, dairy cows need to return to their bedding through cleaned feeding passages or waiting areas, carrying a large amount of free water on their hooves and abdomen (measured at approximately 0.4-0.7L per cow per trip). When this moisture is directly introduced into the bedding, the moisture content of the top 5-10cm layer of bedding can rise from 35% to over 55% within 2 hours. Due to the thick and dense bedding layer and small internal surface area for moisture evaporation, the natural drying period typically takes 2-3 days, far less than the cows' 6-8 lying-down times per day, exacerbating the "wet-compacted-resilient" cycle.

[0003] 2. Damp bedding becomes a "culture medium" for pathogenic microorganisms. When the moisture content of the bedding exceeds 45%, the number of environmental pathogens (Escherichia coli, Streptococcus, Klebsiella, Staphylococcus aureus) can rapidly multiply from 10^4 CFU / g to over 10^7 CFU / g within 4 hours. When the udder of a dairy cow comes into direct contact with contaminated bedding, and the teat ducts are mechanically compressed during the lying-up-standing process, pathogens can easily enter the milk puddle retrogradely, inducing clinical or subclinical mastitis.

[0004] 3. Frequent replacement of bedding materials leads to high operating costs and significant environmental pressure. To suppress pathogen reproduction, ranches generally adopt the "partial bedding replenishment + periodic whole-bed replacement" model: the bedding needs to be thoroughly cleaned once every 7-10 days in summer and 15-20 days in winter. Each cow consumes 2.5-3 tons of bedding per year, resulting in high operating costs and generating a large amount of manure-bedding mixture, which puts great pressure on cleaning up the waste.

[0005] To avoid these problems, some farms have added 10-15 cm high rubber water barriers to the front of cow beds or installed hot water drying systems in the passageways to try to reduce the amount of water brought into the beds by cows. However, water barriers only block water from the hooves and are ineffective against residual water on the abdomen and tail; hot air systems are energy-intensive and exacerbate heat stress in cows during the summer. Another solution involves laying breathable drainage pipes under the bedding, but this is complex to install, prone to clogging, and does not solve the problem of rapid drying of the surface bedding. Therefore, ensuring relatively dry cow beds and breaking the transmission chain of "water → bedding → pathogens → mastitis" has become a key technical bottleneck that the industry urgently needs to address. Utility Model Content

[0006] The purpose of this invention is to provide a cow bed.

[0007] The technical solution to achieve the purpose of this utility model is: a dairy cow bedding, including a hardened concrete bed, one side of which is adjacent to a feeding passage, the end of which is away from the feeding passage being the head of the bed, and the end of which is close to the feeding passage being the tail of the bed, the surface of which is higher than the feeding passage, the upper surface of which is inclined, the head of which is higher than the tail of the bed, a foam mat is laid on the hardened concrete bed, a water mattress is laid on the foam mat, the water mattress has a bag-like structure, and a flat first sealed cavity is filled with water.

[0008] Furthermore, the angle of inclination of the upper surface of the hardened concrete bed is 1.5~5 degrees. ° .

[0009] Furthermore, the water mattress is provided with a water inlet connected to the first sealed cavity, and a valve is installed on the water inlet. The water inlet and the valve work together to facilitate convenient and flexible addition and replacement of water to the water mattress.

[0010] Furthermore, the waterbed is equipped with a chest pillow, located on the side of the waterbed near the head of the bed. The chest pillow serves two purposes: firstly, it provides spatial positioning, ensuring that when a cow lunges forward to kneel, its chest touches the pillow first, gently stopping it and forcing it to retreat 10-15 cm. This ensures the cow's rump is positioned just outside the foot of the bed, allowing feces and urine to directly enter the feeding passage and reducing bedding contamination. Secondly, the chest pillow's curved shape matches the curve of the cow's sternum, allowing the forelimbs to flex naturally and the sternum to distribute pressure evenly, maintaining a supine posture and preventing the cow from lying too far forward, which could lead to teat compression or the udder touching the ground, reducing the risk of mastitis. Thus, the chest pillow helps to standardize the cow's position, facilitating bed maintenance.

[0011] Furthermore, the chest pillow has a bag-like structure with a second sealed cavity filled with water. This water-bag type chest pillow not only has better softness, providing greater comfort to the cows when in contact with it, but also does not absorb water. Water brought onto it by the cow dries quickly, which is more conducive to the drying of the chest pillow and prevents the growth and reproduction of bacteria and pathogens.

[0012] This utility model relates to a dairy cow bedding system. By sequentially laying a foam pad and a water mattress on a hardened concrete bedding surface, the foam pad and water mattress replace traditional thick, loose bedding, providing softness and ensuring comfort for the cows. Compared to traditional thick, loose bedding, the foam pad and water mattress do not absorb or accumulate water. Furthermore, the inclined surface of the hardened concrete bedding, with the head of the bedding higher than the foot, allows water brought onto the water mattress by the cows to flow quickly out through the foot of the bedding into the feeding passage, preventing water accumulation. The non-absorbent and non-accumulating properties of the foam pad and water mattress, combined with the inclined surface of the hardened concrete bedding, significantly reduce bedding humidity, minimizing the growth and reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms. This creates a consistently low-bacteria, dry, and comfortable "dry bedding environment" for the cows, significantly reducing the incidence of clinical mastitis and hoof diseases, ensuring the health of the cows, and increasing milk production.

[0013] This utility model relates to a dairy cow bedding system. The foam mattress and waterbed replace the traditional thick, loose bedding, providing a soft and comfortable structure for the cows. Cows can lie directly on the waterbed, or a 2-4 cm layer of loose bedding can be spread on top. Compared to the former, the 2-4 cm layer of loose bedding allows for rapid absorption of water from the cow's body, resulting in better drying. Furthermore, despite the 2-4 cm layer, the thickness and amount of loose bedding are less than one-fifth of that used in traditional thick bedding systems. The absorbed moisture evaporates quickly on the surface of the waterbed, achieving "instant drying." Simultaneously, less loose bedding is consumed, reducing cleaning and replacement costs.

[0014] Furthermore, the foam pad has low softness and is not wear-resistant, while the water mattress has high softness and is wear-resistant. Compared to a foam pad alone, the combination of the foam pad and the water mattress provides greater softness and comfort than a foam pad alone. Compared to a water mattress alone, the foam pad underneath the water mattress provides a basic cushioning layer, allowing the water mattress to sink under pressure locally. When the cow's body directly impacts the foam pad, it also provides basic comfort. Simultaneously, considering the foam pad's low wear resistance and the water mattress's wear resistance, placing the foam pad underneath the water mattress also protects the foam pad, reduces wear, and extends the lifespan of the bedding. Attached Figure Description

[0015] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the dairy cow bed of this utility model; Figure 2 This is a cross-sectional view of the dairy cow bed of this utility model; Figure 3 This is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the cow's bed and feeding passage in this utility model. Figure 4 This is a cross-sectional view of the water mattress for dairy cows, which is part of this utility model. Figure 5 This is a cross-sectional view of the chest pillow for a dairy cow's bed according to this utility model. Detailed Implementation

[0016] The preferred embodiment of the dairy cow resting bed of this utility model will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings: like Figures 1 to 5 As shown, a dairy cow bedding includes a hardened concrete bed 1. One side of the hardened concrete bed 1 is adjacent to a feeding passage 10. The end of the hardened concrete bed 1 away from the feeding passage 10 is the head 11, and the end of the hardened concrete bed 1 close to the feeding passage 10 is the tail 12. The surface of the hardened concrete bed 1 is higher than the feeding passage 10. The upper surface 13 of the hardened concrete bed 1 is inclined. The height H1 of the head 11 of the hardened concrete bed 1 is higher than the height H2 of the tail 12. A foam mat 2 is laid on the hardened concrete bed 1, and a water mattress 3 is laid on the foam mat 2. The water mattress 3 has a bag-like structure and a flat first sealed cavity 31 inside, which is filled with water.

[0017] This utility model relates to a dairy cow bedding system, comprising a hardened concrete bed 1. The surface of the hardened concrete bed 1 is raised above the feeding channel 10, creating a separation between the two. The hardened concrete bed 1 serves as the main body of the bedding, providing structural strength. A foam pad 2 and a water mattress 3 are sequentially laid on the hardened concrete bed 1, providing a degree of softness to the bedding.

[0018] This utility model relates to a dairy cow resting bed. In use, a thin layer of loose bedding material is sprinkled on the waterbed 3. When resting, the cow lies on the bed with its head facing the headboard 11 and its rump outside the footboard 12. While lying down, the cow's feces and urine are directly discharged into the feeding passage 10. The feeding area 20 is located on the side of the feeding passage 10 away from the concrete-hardened bed 1. When feeding, the cow passes through the feeding passage 10, extends its head out of the pen 30, and enters the feeding area 30 to eat.

[0019] This utility model relates to a dairy cow bedding system. By sequentially laying a foam pad 2 and a water mattress 3 on a hardened concrete bed 1, the foam pad 2 and water mattress 3 replace traditional thick, loose bedding, providing softness and ensuring comfort for the cows. Compared to traditional thick, loose bedding, the foam pad 2 and water mattress 3 do not absorb or accumulate water. Furthermore, the inclined surface of the hardened concrete bed 1, with the head 11 height H1 higher than the foot 12 height H2, allows water brought onto the water mattress 3 to flow quickly out through the foot 12 into the feeding passage 10, preventing water accumulation on the bedding. The non-absorbent and non-water-accumulating structural characteristics of the foam pad 2 and the water mattress 3, combined with the inclined surface of the concrete hardened bed 1, can greatly reduce the humidity of the bedding, reduce the growth and reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms, create a continuously low-bacteria, dry and comfortable "dry bed environment" for dairy cows, significantly reduce the incidence of clinical mastitis and hoof diseases, and ensure the health level of dairy cows.

[0020] This utility model relates to a dairy cow bedding system. The foam mat 2 and the waterbed 3 replace the traditional thick, loose bedding material, providing a soft and comfortable structure for the cows. Cows can lie directly on the waterbed 3, or a 2-4 cm layer of loose bedding can be spread on top. Compared to the former, the 2-4 cm layer of loose bedding on the waterbed 3 allows for rapid absorption of water from the cow's body, resulting in better dryness. Furthermore, despite the 2-4 cm layer, the thickness and amount of loose bedding are less than 1 / 5 of that used in traditional thick bedding systems. The absorbed moisture evaporates quickly on the surface of the waterbed 3, achieving "instant drying." Simultaneously, less loose bedding is consumed, reducing cleaning and replacement costs.

[0021] Furthermore, the foam pad 2 has low softness and is not wear-resistant, while the water mattress 3 has high softness and is wear-resistant. Compared to the foam pad 2 alone, when the foam pad 2 and the water mattress 3 are combined to provide softness for the bed, the bed is softer and more comfortable than when the foam pad 2 is used alone. Compared to the water mattress 3 alone, the foam pad 2 placed under the water mattress 3 also provides a basic cushioning layer for the bed, allowing the water mattress 3 to be locally stressed and sink. When the cow's body directly impacts the foam pad 2, the foam pad 2 can also provide basic protection for its lying comfort. At the same time, considering the characteristics of the foam pad 2 being not wear-resistant and the water mattress 3 being wear-resistant, placing the foam pad 2 under the water mattress 3 can also protect the foam pad 2, reduce wear on the foam pad 2, and extend the service life of the bed.

[0022] In this utility model, the upper surface of the hardened concrete bed 1 is inclined at an angle of 1.5~5 degrees. ° .

[0023] In a preferred embodiment of this invention, the water mattress 3 is provided with a water inlet 32 ​​connected to the first sealed cavity 31, and a valve 33 is installed on the water inlet 32. The water inlet 32 ​​and the valve 33 work together to facilitate convenient and flexible addition and replacement of water in the water mattress 3.

[0024] Preferably, in this invention, a cow bedding system includes a chest pillow 4 on the water mattress 3, located on the side of the water mattress 3 closest to the headboard 11. The chest pillow 4 serves two purposes: firstly, it provides spatial positioning, ensuring that when a cow lunges forward to kneel, its chest touches the pillow first, gently stopping it and forcing it to retreat 10-15 cm. This ensures the cow's rump is positioned just outside the footboard 12, allowing feces and urine to directly enter the feeding passage 10, reducing bedding contamination. Secondly, the curved shape of the chest pillow 4 matches the curve of the cow's sternum, allowing the cow's forelimbs to flex naturally and the sternum to distribute pressure evenly, maintaining a supine posture and preventing the cow from lying too far forward, which could lead to teat compression or udder touching the ground, reducing the risk of mastitis. Thus, the chest pillow 4 helps to standardize the cow's position, facilitating bedding maintenance.

[0025] Preferably, in this invention, the breast pillow 4 is a bag-shaped structure, and the breast pillow 4 has a second sealed cavity 41 filled with water. The water-bag type breast pillow 4 not only has better softness, providing greater comfort to the cow when in contact with it, but also does not absorb water, allowing the water brought onto it by the cow to dry quickly, thus facilitating the drying of the breast pillow 4 and preventing the growth and reproduction of bacteria and pathogens.

[0026] This utility model relates to a cow bed, where each bed is typically separated by a 40mm partition.

[0027] For those skilled in the art to which this utility model pertains, several simple deductions or substitutions can be made without departing from the concept of this utility model, and all such deductions or substitutions should be considered to fall within the protection scope of this utility model.

Claims

1. A cow bedding system, comprising a hardened concrete bed, one side of which is adjacent to a feeding passage, the end of the hardened concrete bed away from the feeding passage being the head of the bed, and the end of the hardened concrete bed closer to the feeding passage being the tail of the bed, wherein the surface of the hardened concrete bed is higher than the feeding passage, characterized in that: The upper surface of the concrete hardening bed is inclined, the head of the concrete hardening bed is higher than the foot of the bed, a foam pad is laid on the concrete hardening bed, and a water mattress is laid on the foam pad. The water mattress has a bag structure and a flat first sealed cavity inside the water mattress, which is filled with water.

2. The cow bedding according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper surface of the hardened concrete bed is inclined at an angle of 1.5~5 degrees. ° .

3. The cow bedding according to claim 1, characterized in that: The water mattress is provided with a water inlet connected to the first sealed cavity, and a valve is installed on the water inlet.

4. The cow bedding according to claim 1, characterized in that: The water mattress is equipped with a chest pillow, which is located on the side of the water mattress near the headboard.

5. The cow bedding according to claim 4, characterized in that: The chest pillow has a bag-like structure and a second sealed cavity inside, which is filled with water.

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