Holding Pen Cooling Systems for Lactating Cows: Environmental and Productivity Data

An experiment assessed four holding pen climatization systems for dairy cattle through environmental variables and milk production. Sixteen lactating cows were used in a Latin square design across four environments over four periods of seven days each. The study was authored by Danilo Corrêa Silva and is available via Open Access.

Use Cases

• Compare the effectiveness of different cooling systems based on environmental variable data mentioned in the description
• Model the relationship between pen environment and milk production output described in the study
• Conduct an economic analysis of agricultural investments based on the fixed and variable cost data referenced
• Train models to predict animal productivity under different shading, sprinkling, and ventilation conditions

Strengths

• Data originates from a controlled experiment using a 4x4 Latin square design with 16 animals.
• Includes economic analysis metrics such as return on investment, calculated as 44 days for the best treatment.
• Compares four distinct environmental treatments (SUN, SHA, SHA+SPR, SHA+SPR+VEN) with data collected over 30-minute periods.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Danilo Corrêa Silva via paperswithcode

Collection Method

Experimental data collected using data loggers for environmental variables and measured milk production.