Cow comfort
Animal welfare is at the heart of dairy performance. A cow that is comfortable, well-fed, hydrated, and in a clean and relaxing environment is a more productive and healthy cow. Our solutions aim to offer each animal the optimal conditions to lie down, move and eat peacefully, throughout the day. Comfort is a sustainable investment in the quality of your production.
Happy and healthy cows, optimized productivity.
Cow comfort goes far beyond a good roof: it is the balance between food, hydration, rest, space for movement and the environment. When everything is well thought out, animal health suffers, production increases and management becomes simpler. DeLaval offers a complete range of products and solutions to create an environment conducive to dairy well-being.
Lodges & sleeping surfaces
Comfortable rest starts with the right floor: anti-slip rubber mats, soft surfaces and optimized bedding materials reduce joint stress and promote better posture. When cows lie down and get up more easily, production losses decrease and udder life is protected.
Brushes & refreshments
Cows love to pass under a oscillating brush, which removes dirt and insects, stimulates blood circulation and helps maintain ideal body temperature. These natural actions improve overall comfort and allow animals to devote their energy to lactation rather than to managing their environment.
Watering
Consistent access to fresh, clean, and sufficient water is essential for health and milk production. Our drinking solutions guarantee continuous distribution, encouraging regular intakes and reducing the risk of dehydration, especially in changing weather conditions.
Calf well-being
Good comfort starts at birth. Our dedicated equipment (blankets, feeding buckets, adapted brushes) support growth, strengthen immunity and facilitate the breeding of young animals. Offering the best conditions from the start means ensuring a sustainable and efficient herd.
Complementary solutions
To complete the comfort ecosystem, DeLaval also offers necklaces, halters and lanyards, convenient for identification, care or travel, without disturbing the comfort of animals. Adapted and resistant, they facilitate interventions and improve safety.
Why invest in comfort?
- Better overall health : fewer joint disorders, mastitis or stress-related diseases.
- Increased performance : more relaxed animals produce more milk, with consistent quality.
- Greater durability of the installation : clean floors, adapted equipment, simplified maintenance.
- Simplifying daily work : less curative care, more time for management tasks.
Comfort, a key factor in productivity
With DeLaval, you create an environment adapted to each stage of the life of your cows: from cubicles to milking, through watering or living in freedom. By focusing your efforts on animal welfare, you get measurable results in productivity and quality of life, for the farm and the farmer.
Make the comfort of your cows a sustainable performance driver
Do you want to improve the well-being of your herd and optimize your production? Contact our experts to identify the solutions adapted to your farm.
FAQ
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The VMS™ is designed to operate independently, but requires regular maintenance to ensure its performance: daily automatic cleaning, checking of wear parts, weekly maintenance, and scheduled technical intervention. Your dealer can suggest an adapted maintenance plan.
It depends on the size of your herd, your available workforce, your level of comfort with automation, and your long-term goals.
- VMS™ : ideal for farms that want to automate, improve animal welfare and collect individual data.
- Rotatable : for large farms looking to maximize hourly throughput with few staff.
- Parallel or cob milking parlor : a proven and economical solution, easy to maintain.
The OptiDuo™ robot doesn't just push the ration back: it automatically mixes and repositions it, which encourages cows to feed more frequently and improves the quality consistency of the ration. The result: more milk produced per cow, less waste, and a reduction in labor of up to $3,500 per year.
DelPro FarmManager allows you to plan and execute a rational strategy for each cow or group, based on the lactation stage (DIM), production level, or days before calving (DTC). You can program smooth transitions between two types of food or schedule a ration supplement at the peak of lactation, all with assignments that automatically follow one another without interruption.
Both systems offer the same benefits in terms of milking, animal comfort and efficiency. The VMS™ V310 also includes RePro™ technology, which measures progesterone levels in milk to automatically track ovulation, pregnancy, or reproductive disorders.
The VMS™ (Voluntary Milking System) is an autonomous milking robot that allows cows to be milked when they want, without human intervention. It improves animal health, reduces workload, and automatically collects accurate data on each milking.
It depends on the size of your herd, the type of ration (TMR/PMR), the degree of automation sought and the milking model used (robotic system or not). An audit or a quick discussion with a DeLaval representative will help you establish a tailor-made solution.
