COMMERCIAL DAIRY FARM HOUSE CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINE

The housing of dairy animals must provide an environment that reduces stress enhances comfort and prevents disease. Poorly designed facilities can lead to reduced milk production reproductive inefficiencies and increased veterinary costs. Conversely an appropriately constructed dairy farm house facilitates good ventilation efficient waste disposal proper feeding and watering systems and easy animal handling. The concept of animal comfort has become central to modern dairy farming as cows that are kept in clean stress-free and well-ventilated housing are more productive and less susceptible to health problems such as mastitis lameness and respiratory diseases.