Dairy barn with feed storage and silos (Lindau)
The dairy barn can keep two separated herds, of which one herd is used for educational purposes and the other herd for research. The herd used for education has 50 dairy cows and the research herd has 5x14 dairy cows which are kept in 5 compartments (including a spare compartment). The breeds are chosen to cover all the needs of education and research. The education herd is kept in different formats (e.g. various feeding fences, pen dividers etc.) so that students can observe them. This herd is milked with an automatic milking system. The experimental herd is kept in four barn compartments (including a spare compartment) offering space for 14 animals. This herd is kept in one format. It is fed from feed weighing troughs, and each compartment has a concentrated feed station. The cows are milked in a tandem milking parlour.
Besides the facilities for these two herds, the dairy barn has two areas for transiting cows, an area for dry cows and an area for calving. In the upper part of the dairy barn are also facilities belonging to the Vetsuisse faculty of the University of Zurich with treatment and reproduction rooms as well as bays for bulls and sick animals.
The barn
also has feed storage and silos.
Possibilities offered by the dairy barn, interview with Andreas Buri
Andreas Buri explains the possibilities offered by the dairy barn with two herds (in German).
A virtual tour through the dairy barn
Details about the dairy cow barn
Matthias Schick explains the dairy barn (in German).