1998 - Volume #22, Issue #4, Page #07
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Electirc Wires Help Keep Cows Quiet
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Constant mounting and physical activity uses up a lot of energy and risks injury to legs, hips and other skeletal areas. Keeping cows off each other's backs is stopped by a grid of wires stretched above the animals. It leaves cattle free to move underneath but gives them a shock if they start to mount each other. Standard fence chargers provide the power.
Once installed, the company says farmers are amazed at how much quieter a herd is. The system acts as a teacher so that the animals learn how to control themselves. The result is higher production.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Arienti, Via Grandi 10, 20093 Cologno Montese (Milano) Italy (ph 22532956; fax 22547104).
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