Table 6.
Recommendations for selected cubicle design criteria including examples for differently sized cows
| Design criteria | Recommendations | Examples for differently sized animals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holstein × Montbeliard cross (height at withers 1.44 m, diagonal length 1.6 m; Lardy et al., 2021) | Holstein (height at withers 1.52 m, diagonal length 1.86 m) (Green M, pers comm.) | ||
| Cubicle width (CW) | 0.83 × cow height | 1.2 m | 1.26 m |
| Cubicle resting length (CRL) | 1.1 × cow diagonal length | 1.76 m | 2.05 m |
| Cubicle length (CL): head‐to‐head, space sharing | 1.8 × cow height | 2.59 m | 2.74 m |
| Cubicle length (CL): non‐space sharing cubicles (e.g. against a wall) | 2.0 × cow height | 2.88 m | 3.04 m |
| Neck rail height (NRH) | 0.80–0.90 × cow diagonal length | 1.28–1.44 m | 1.49–1.67 m |
| Neck rail distance: horizontal neck rail distance from the kerb (NRD) | 1.2 × cow height | 1.73 m | 1.82 m |
| Brisket board height (BBH) | 10 cm | 10 cm | 10 cm |