Types of housing system
· In
India, a great diversity exists in the design of dairy animal shelters.
· Traditional
animal shelters have grown out of needs, resources and ingenuity of farmers.
· Building
design and construction materials largely affect the thermal comfort inside
dairy shelters.
· Efficiently
designed sheds can help lesser the thermal stress thereby increasing feed
intake, milk production and reproductive efficiency.
· Under
varied climatic, geographical and economical conditions prevailing in India,
designing an ideal set of building for dairy animals throughout the country is
impossible.
· Hence,
practically there are two systems of housing for dairy animals viz.
Ø Loose
housing
Ø Conventional
barns/ Stanchion barn