Abattoir Practices and Animal Products Technology

CATTLE LAIRAGE

Dimension of pens

• 7.6 m x 6 m - to hold 20-25 cattle.

Facilities 

• Drinking water must be always available to animals with a gravitational force.
• One cistern sufficient to feed three troughs. 
• Automatic water bowls. 
• In tie-up type lairage long water troughs satifactory for easy cleansing than individual troughs or bowls. 
• Hayracks to be provided.
• Animals are fed twice daily except on the day of intended slaughter or from the afternoon preceding the morning of intended slaughter. 
• Hydrant points are placed conveniently so that all parts of the lairage can be reached. 
• An estimated amount of about 680 litres of water per cattle slaughtered is sufficient for cleaning.   
• Passage should be wide enough to admit entry of a vehicle for the removal of manure and dead animals.
• Ease of cleaning, comfort for the animals and ease of handling to be emphasised.