Indoor climatic status during winter conditions in dairy herds in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The aim of this cross-sectional field study was to describe climatic status in dairy barns during winter conditions both in lowland and in mountainous regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While all the mountain herds had tie-stall systems (MT), eight of the lowland herds had group housing systems (LG)...

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Main Authors: Miljan ERBEZ, Božo VAŽIĆ, Knut Egil BØE, Lars Erik RUUD
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Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2016-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/12718
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Božo VAŽIĆ
Knut Egil BØE
Lars Erik RUUD
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description The aim of this cross-sectional field study was to describe climatic status in dairy barns during winter conditions both in lowland and in mountainous regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While all the mountain herds had tie-stall systems (MT), eight of the lowland herds had group housing systems (LG) and the remaining 30 herds had tie-stall systems (LT). The mean indoor air temperature (Ti) was around 10 °C across types of barns and in all herds Ti was above 0 °C. The mean relative air humidity (RH) was actually highest in the LT-group, but within the recommended level for both LG, LT and MT barns. At the 15 % of the MT barns, 17 % of the LT barns and 38 % of the LG barns the air velocity was > 0.2 m/s. The level of NH3 was quite low in all groups of barns, although somewhat higher in LT-barns. In none of the barns the level of NH3 exceeded 3 ppm. Only in one barn (a MT-barn) the level of CO2 exceeded 3000 ppm. We conclude that the climatic status in most dairy barns in Bosnia and Herzegovina during winter seem to be acceptable.
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spelling doaj-art-e24a684ce4d84f9e96bbacc41a33872c2025-08-20T02:05:08ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Agriculturae Slovenica1854-19412016-12-01108210.14720/aas.2016.108.2.619110Indoor climatic status during winter conditions in dairy herds in Bosnia and HerzegovinaMiljan ERBEZ0Božo VAŽIĆ1Knut Egil BØE2Lars Erik RUUD3University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Bosnia and HerzegovinaUniversity of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Bosnia and HerzegovinaNorwegian University of Life Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences, NorwayHedmark University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Applied Ecology and Agricultural Sciences, NorwayThe aim of this cross-sectional field study was to describe climatic status in dairy barns during winter conditions both in lowland and in mountainous regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While all the mountain herds had tie-stall systems (MT), eight of the lowland herds had group housing systems (LG) and the remaining 30 herds had tie-stall systems (LT). The mean indoor air temperature (Ti) was around 10 °C across types of barns and in all herds Ti was above 0 °C. The mean relative air humidity (RH) was actually highest in the LT-group, but within the recommended level for both LG, LT and MT barns. At the 15 % of the MT barns, 17 % of the LT barns and 38 % of the LG barns the air velocity was > 0.2 m/s. The level of NH3 was quite low in all groups of barns, although somewhat higher in LT-barns. In none of the barns the level of NH3 exceeded 3 ppm. Only in one barn (a MT-barn) the level of CO2 exceeded 3000 ppm. We conclude that the climatic status in most dairy barns in Bosnia and Herzegovina during winter seem to be acceptable.https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/12718cattledairy cowshousingclimatic statusair velocitycarbon dioxide
spellingShingle Miljan ERBEZ
Božo VAŽIĆ
Knut Egil BØE
Lars Erik RUUD
Indoor climatic status during winter conditions in dairy herds in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
cattle
dairy cows
housing
climatic status
air velocity
carbon dioxide
title Indoor climatic status during winter conditions in dairy herds in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full Indoor climatic status during winter conditions in dairy herds in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_fullStr Indoor climatic status during winter conditions in dairy herds in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full_unstemmed Indoor climatic status during winter conditions in dairy herds in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_short Indoor climatic status during winter conditions in dairy herds in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_sort indoor climatic status during winter conditions in dairy herds in bosnia and herzegovina
topic cattle
dairy cows
housing
climatic status
air velocity
carbon dioxide
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/12718
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