Labour-friendly hoof care for dairy cattle

A preventive foot bath is often perceived as arduous and labour intensive. An automatic system enables lighter work, but is much more expensive. Use of a periodical foot bath is often regarded as inconvenient and time consuming. That is primarily due to the fact that the traditional foot bath needs to be filled and emptied manually. On top of that the – still widely used – formalin is an irritant. Due to the current size of the farms a significant proportion of the cows walks through a foul