BELMONDO-柔软的橡胶地垫能有效减少马廐内的铺垫物料

Date：2014.11.03|Back to list

The study compares looseboxes managed in the full bed system (taking out muck and wet bedding on daily basis and maintaining the bed at around 8-10 cm with shavings) and looseboxes with soft rubber matting (approx. 3cm profiled rubber) on which the bedding materials is reduced to 1 cm. In the latter the rubber mats offer softness and heat insulation, therefore the bedding is merely necessary to absorb fluids.

RESULTS

>Working hours needed for maintenance of the loosebox

=622 kg less / box / year

+further advantages such as reduced manureStorage and disposal not taken into account

> Air quality & stable hygiene

Overall, the management system using rubber mats plus reduced bedding material was drier, which constituted conclusive evidence for all results:
* Concentration of ammonia : In both systems very los (far below the critical value of 10 ppm)
* Particulate lower than the critical value of 4 mg/m3
* Germs (enterobacteria, yeast, mould fungus):
Rubber mats tend to result in lower pollution

Source: Prof. Dr. B. Benz et al. (2013): Weniger Einstreu bei gleichem Komfort. In: Pferde Zucht & Haltung 1/2013, S. 66ff