Cow Urinal Keeps Liquid Separate From Manure

Cow Urinal Keeps Liquid Separate From Manure DAIRY EQUIPMENT & IDEAS A cow “urinal” designed by a Dutch company collects urine from cattle before it hits the floor Key to its success is the way it takes advantage of a nerve reflex that causes cattle to urinate immediately Hanskamp designed a urine collection device that is suspended behind a feeding stall When the cow enters the stall to be fed the urinal moves down behind her rubbing the nerve at the back of the cow so she urinates “The urine runs through a sieve into the container where it is immediately extracted through a suction line ” explains Hanskamp It can be collected in large tanks for use as fertilizer or possibly other uses Ammonia is only released when urine and manure are mixed so smells are greatly reduced “We can collect around 2 1/2 gal of urine per cow per day ” says Hanskamp “With 1 5 million dairy cows in the Netherlands we could collect 15 million liters of urine per day We must be able to do something with that ” The company has yet to announce a price or availability Check out the “must see” video at www farmshow com to see it in operation Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Hanskamp Broekstraat 17 7009 ZB Doetinchem The Netherlands ph 31 0 314 - 393 797; info@hanskamp nl; www hanskamp nl

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