Separated manure solids for freestall bedding

dc.contributor.author	Lynch, Robert
dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-19T21:08:43Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-19T21:08:43Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	Mastitis is one of the costliest diseases for the U.S. Dairy Industry, and management decisions that may affect mastitis risk are considered carefully. One such decision is the choice of a bedding substrate that helps keep cows clean and comfortable. Maintaining good udder hygene does reduce mastitis risk. Several bedding options are available, and each has advantages and disadvantages. Separated manure solids (SMS) have been used as a dairy cow bedding substrate for many years. Some farms have used SMS successfully, meaning the transition to manure solids bedding did not increase mastitis and/or reduce milk quality. Other herds experienced increased mastitis around the time they switched to manure solids, and attributed this to bedding. Much research has been done to help the industry understand best management practices for use of this organic bedding substrate, but consensus still lacks on if and how SMS should be used.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/67005
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	PRO-DAIRY	en_US
dc.subject	separated	en_US
dc.subject	manure	en_US
dc.subject	solids	en_US
dc.subject	bedding	en_US
dc.title	Separated manure solids for freestall bedding	en_US
dc.type	fact sheet	en_US

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