Providing confident, non-skid footing for dairy cattle is vital to their health, performance, and well-being and is one of the basic elements required in any dairy housing system. Dan McFarland discusses various surfaces and the importance of stable footing for cows.
Source: Dairy Herd Management, May 26, 2020. Link. Reconditioning flooring surfaces cattle use may seem like and daunting and expensive task. However, preventing the loss of even one cow due to injury resulting from a fall may easily justify the time and cost necessary to get it done.