With the average cost of each individual case of lameness being more than £300, an automatic footbath is a valuable investment to ensure every cow receives the best preventative care. The Hoofcount difference is the flexibility offered with set up as the footbath itself, counter, chemical concentration and frequency are all selected by you – then set by our engineer for a worry-free installation.
Put in average lamness incidents is 33% in the UK.
DD is the most common infectious condition causing lamness in cattle, found on approximatly 70% of herds in the UK.
Benefits of Automatic Footbaths
• Labour Saving
• Safer Handling of Chemicals
• Effective Footbathing carried out more often.
The UK has seen a dramatic reduction of DD on herds that are choosing to footbath regularly. Lameness is now a bigger issue than mastitis on the majority of dairy herds. This is due mainly to increased awareness and effort in the prevention of mastitis, whilst the increase of DD has been allowed to continue. We now need to increase the awareness and prevention of lameness. This is requirement for cow welfare, productivity and profitability within the dairy farm.
Roger Blowey (leading Vet and Author in UK) spearheaded the 5 point plan on mastitis control and he recently quoted – “we teat dip our cows after every milking why don’t we footbath our cows after every milking”
The Hoofcount system is designed to offer this method of control for lameness. Like teat dipping it is not the only factor in reducing lameness but it’s a big factor. Claw hygiene is crucial.
Benefits of the Hoofcount System.
• Counts the number of cow passes through the bath (this can be set at any number) – changes after the set number to keep the solution effective.
• Effective footbath solution – 4” depth – no jets / sprays. – The immersion of the hoof ensures that all 4 feet are treated on the front and rear of the claw ensuring full claw health.
• Rubber floor – cow comfort and grip meaning the cow naturally walks through rather than walking too quickly or jumping through.
• 316 stainless steel folded 4 times each side – gives strength, durability, longevity and is suitable for any chemical.
• Full width opening door – ensures a fast empty and no obstruction for soiling. Suitable for sand bedding systems, the Hoofcount bath does not require electric pumps to empty the soiled solution.
• 2 water solenoids – flush solenoid and fill solenoid – ensures the maximum effectiveness using water pressure to jet the bath out whilst also quickest refill time without compromising the wash.
• Chemical entry manifold – mixes chemical at the control box to give an effective mixed solution as it enters the bath.
• 2 Chemical pumps – can be manually alternated or automatically set to give more effective use of different chemical types or strength.
• Bespoke Footbaths – sizes can vary to give maximum benefit possible and cater for smaller spaces.
• Excel bath – longer 12’ bath available ensuring 3 dips per foot if required.
Just launched
Optional touch screen control – giving greater control over single or multiple footbaths with extra benefits if required ie. Veterinary input, hoof trimmer input and remote access.
Dedicated product development
The main focus at Hoofcount is footbaths. As footbath designers and manufacturers we are constantly looking at improvements and developments . Along with veterinarians and hoof trimmers advice, feedback from farmers and distributors and monitoring of chemicals available we aim to provide the most effective, reliable and consistent footbath possible for each specific installation.
