En la nueva HygieneStation se limpia la tetina después de cada visita con presión y agua limpia desde fuera. La carga de gérmenes en la tetina se reducen así en hasta un 80%.

De forma similar a las tetillas de la vaca nodriza, la tetina en la estación también se inclina hacia abajo. Esto ayuda a la posición de bebida natural del ternero. Mediante el estiramiento de la cabeza se fomenta el reflejo del canal esofágico y se reduce el riesgo de beber con la panza.

Tan pronto como un ternero levanta la tetina, sale una pequeña cantidad de leche a su hocico. De este modo se favorece el primer impulso de beber y la instrucción manual solo es necesaria en casos excepcionales. Si a pesar de todo fuera necesaria una instrucción manual, se puede llevar leche a la tetina mediante una tecla.

Muchas estaciones están directamente en el puesto para terneros. Para retirar el estiércol se puede volcar 90° hacia adelante la nueva HygieneStation, de modo que se pueda limpiar cómodamente la superficie completa con el tractor.

La tetina se puede cambiar en cuestión de segundos por una empuñadura gracias al cierre rápido.

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.