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Freestall and Milking Center Design

Update on Dairy Cow Freestall Design - Dairy Herd Problem Investigation Strategies, American Association of Bovine Practitioners. University of Wisconsin-Madison (pdf)

Cow Comfort Issues in Freestall Barns - Proceedings of the 7th
Western Dairy Management Conference, 2005 (pdf)

Free Stall Design - Ministry of Agriculture and Food, British Columbia, Canada

Building and Remodeling Freestall Housing for Cow Comfort - Michigan State University

Suggested Freestall Dimensions for Dairy Cows - Penn State University Extension Service

MWPS-7, Dairy Freestall Housing and Equipment. Midwest Planning Service is a cooperative research and extension effort representing the 12 land-grant universities of the North Central Region of the United States. Price: $25.00

Building Freestall Barns and Milking Centers: Methods and Materials, NRAES-148 ($45.00 plus S&H/sales tax, 488 pages, 2003), combines the latest information on all aspects of dairy construction under one cover.

Freestall Housing for Livestock - Iowa State University (pdf)

Lighting

Calculating lighting requirements website
- for long-day lighting in freesstall an stanchion barns

Long-Day lighting tip sheet in text format or pdf format
- two-page fact sheet about setting up a lighting program and estimated profitability of supplemental lighting in tie-stall and free-stall barns.

Fan Performance and Efficienty for Animal Ventilation Systems
- mechanical ventilation

Bird Repellants

Stray Voltage