The Dual Chamber Waterbed from Advanced Comfort Technology, Inc. offers diary cows considerably more comfort than a standard cow mat or conventional cow bedding. Dual Chamber Waterbeds are the only man-made bed surface that allows the cow’s skin to float on the stall surface. This floating characteristic cushions the cow’s pressure points – the knees, hocks and the udder – and it helps prevent the development of lesions and sores more typically found with stationary, non-moving surfaces. The Dual Chamber Waterbed therefore provides for a much more comfortable and a much healthier animal.
The Dual Chamber Waterbed also features design characteristics which help keep the cows’ stalls more sanitary and less labor intensive for the typical dairy operator. Once filled, the Dual Chamber Waterbed takes on a convex shape which inherently forces milk, water and urine to flow off the sides of the bed. Urine and leaking milk are not allowed to pool on the bed surface, thus keeping the bed dry and free from bacteria promoting moisture. The dry bed surface keeps the cow’s udders dray and promotes further health benefits to the cow, such as reduced occurrences of mastitis and reduced somatic cell count.
Also, because the Dual Chamber Waterbed’s convex shape keeps the bed surface dry, the Waterbed requires little to no additional bedding to absorb moisture. This result provides the dairy with not only a reduced cost in bedding that must be constantly changed, but it also saves the dairy in reduced labor costs to change the bedding.
The Dual Chamber Waterbed offers cows the most comfortable bedding option, while providing the maximum amount of benefits to both the cow and the dairy. For more in depth discussion of the features and benefits of the Dual Chamber Waterbed, please continue reading on our Features and FAQs pages.
