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Water
Bowls
Milk
comprises almost 90 percent water, so it's not
surprising that a cow's water intake
has a major effect on her milk production.
When you provide a proper water supply, cows drink more,
eat more and thus produce more milk. It sounds simple, but
the amounts of water involved are significant.
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One
kilo of dry matter intake utilizes up to five litres of
water. Cows
need at least three litres of water to produce one litre
of milk. This means that
high-yielding cows need more than 150 litres of fresh
water every day!
Cows
like to drink fast – up to 20 litres of water per
minute. If they can't, their water intake may fall off and
their milk yield will suffer. A
40 percent reduction in water intake can cut milk
production by 25 percent.
It is essential that you meet all your cows' drinking
needs. Cows like to drink when they eat and just after
milking. They prefer a large,
calm drinking surface
from which they can drink quickly and without stress. Such
natural drinking behaviour promotes further eating, even
more drinking and thus greater milk yields.
Our
bowls and troughs provide easy, convenient access to water
in tied-up stalls, loose-housing and pastures. The water
they drink is also hygienic. The bowls and troughs minimize
microbial growth and hinder pollution by dirt.
This also makes them very easy to keep clean.
Bowls Type
* at 4 bar water pressure
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