TABLE 7.
Types of livestock housing and environments most commonly encountered during collection of freshly deposited livestock waste samples
| Sample collectionenvironmenta | Percentage of total no. of samples (n = 1,020) |
|---|---|
| Straw-bedded yard | 43.4 |
| Cubicle | 17.4 |
| Cowshed | 7.5 |
| Straw yard | 7.1 |
| Loose-straw yard | 4.9 |
| Free range | 2.9 |
| Kennels | 1.8 |
| Part bedded | 1.5 |
a
Straw-bedded yards have 50% of their area covered in straw bedding with the remainder of the yard covered in concrete around feed and water troughs areas. Loose-straw yards have a similar organizational arrangement but use packed soil or small loose pebbles instead of concrete.