Rubber mats compared to uncovered concrete slats for beef deep pit confinements
Channel: Livestock & Poultry Environ. Learning Community
Date: 2014-01-24

What are the financial considerations for installing rubber mats? How do they impact animal comfort and animal performance?
This presentation reviews research projects looking at performance and indicators of animal comfort in comparing concrete slats with and without rubber mats with a few comparisons to bedded systems included. For more, visit: http://www.extension.org/pages/67545/mono-slope-research-project