EasySwing Cow Brush - Large - Cow Comfort Cattle Brush - Cow Scratcher works for Cows, Horses, Goats and other Livestock - Strong Enough for Bulls Yellow

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Ensuring the utmost comfort for your animals is your daily goal. A Comfy cow brush can help! It’s a fact that cows greatly enjoy the sensation of being brushed byComfy Cow brushes. Our reliable brushes are therefore in use for up to 18 hours a day on average. A non-mechanical non-moving brush installed on a wall or rail cannot offer all-round access and so will service fewer cows. Established in 1998, we have a proven history of excellent after-sales care and honouring warranties. The Cow Brush is one of the most popular products in the Agri-kit range, it is suitable for use on beef and dairy cows. The concave of the brush fits round the contour of the cow to give the best results, our cows brush head is 2x longer than any of our competitors. Studies on swinging cow brushes, that looked at milk production and mastitis incidence. The US-based work showed that second-lactation cows produced 3.5% (1kg) higher daily milk yield. And clinical mastitis was reduced by 34% in the cows in second and higher lactation in the cow-brush pens.

One mechanical brush should cater for between 50 and 60 cows: “That’s the limit – they will still work it hard and it will run for most of the day with that number of cows.”The work also revealed that cows in a pen with a mechanical brush increased their grooming time approximately five-fold compared to a pen without such a brush. The researchers concluded that a grooming device helps to satisfy the cow’s need for grooming while at the same time improving cow cleanliness. Both these factors (better ‘welfare’ and cleaner cows) may have an impact on disease occurrence and on milk production.

It’s a natural instinct. If cows are in a field they’ll rub up against hedges, gates, posts, trees – anything that offers some resistance,” says Dairy Spares’ Tim Evanson. And there’s no need to take his word for it. In a trial, cows were monitored three months prior to brush installation and for a further six months after brushes were fitted. “The time cows spent grooming themselves was more than six times greater than before the brushes were installed,Cow flow can also suffer if there are too few brushes installed. “It can actually serve to create stress, rather improve cow welfare and comfort, if the brushes themselves are a ‘pinch point’. Cows queuing to use the brushes or dominant cows preventing others from using them may become an issue where are aren’t enough brushes to go around.” They certainly enrich the cow environment. It’s clear to see that cows get a lot of pleasure from the brushes. And the fact that there are also health benefits is the icing on the cake really – and another good reason to consider investing in brushes.”