In the new HygieneStation, the outside of the teat is pressure cleaned with fresh water after every visit. The germ and bacterial load on the teat is thus reduced by up to 80%!

The teat at the feeding station is positioned so that it slants downwards in a similar way to the teats on the suckler cow. This encourages the natural drinking position of the calf. When the head is stretched, it encourages the natural reflex of the oesophageal groove and reduces the risk of milk passing into the rumen.

As soon as a calf lifts the teat, a small amount of milk flows into its mouth. This stimulates the calf's initial drinking impulse; manual teaching is only necessary in exceptional cases. Nevertheless, if manual learning is required, milk can be fed into the teat by pressing a button.


Many feeding stations are located right in the calf pens. For cleaning, the new HygieneStation can be tipped forward at a 90° angle, so that the whole area can be easily and conveniently mucked out with a tractor.


The teat can easily be changed in seconds by using the quick-release handle.

The animal weighing scale not only detects growing calves, it registers a decline in growth. This information is used to keep separate alarm lists and helps identify sick calves at an early stage. Thus they can often be treated before the illness reaches a serious stage.

Mounted directly on the HygieneStation or even on the wall, the HS display indicates relevant information about the calf in the calf group. The calf number is displayed in very large digits. In addition, you can read off the remaining quantity and the alarm status. At the push of a button you can also have the calves with credit or alarm displayed  sequentially. This means it is no longer necessary to move constantly between the calf pen and the CalfExpert display. It is also possible to stir an extra mix for a calf directly at the HS display, and feed this or pump it into a bucket.

There are calves that tend to suck one another. Although the entire functional principle of the CalfExpert and HygieneStation is designed to prevent this, it can sometimes be helpful to lock the animals in while they are feeding at the station so that they can feed in peace. The lockable door works pneumatically and needs a compressed air connection at the HygieneStation.

If the tilting function is not necessary and large calves are to be fed at the HygieneStation (e.g. on veal meat farms), the stall may have to be reinforced. In this case, the stall is fi xed to the fl oor, thus increasing stability.

Alongside the HygieneStation, concentrate feeder stalls can feed concentrate or cereals to the calves. How much feed each calf has eaten is precisely recorded, since residual quantities are taken into account. A particularly interesting aspect is that individual weaning off milk according to the current consumption of concentrate is possible too. So calves whose digestive system has already adapted to the consumption of dry feed can be weaned off milk at an earlier stage, leading to signifi cantly reduced feed costs.

The possibility of triggering extra mixes at the CalfExpert is a great advantage if the milk can be run off conveniently straight into a bucket. At the milk tap valve you can decide whether a calf is to be fed in the stall or the milk is to be pumped straight into a feeding bucket.