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Animal Welfare Regulation

Suitable in accordance with conventional animal welfare regulations
National regulations specify how long and in what minimum areas calves may be kept. Our calf hutches and boxes as well as our modular fenced housing comply with these regulations and are optimally designed to meet the requirements of calf rearing.

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Germany

Manuals of the LAV Working Group Animal Welfare

Single Housing

From the age of 8 weeks, group housing is necessary except in exceptional cases.

	Age Calf	PE UV+	Premium Plus	Master Plus	Box small	Box big	Calf Box Premium	Modular Calf Box - single box
	0 - 2 weeks
	2 - 8 weeks

Group Housing

The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals in the respective accommodation, according to the current legal provisions (as of January 2024):

Large-capacity calf hutches

Weight in kg	Premium Duo	Premium XL	Premium XL with catch grille	Dual Set Premium XL	Premium XXL
up to 150	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	5 animals	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	10 animals	7 animals
150 - 220	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	5 animals	Up to 2 animals (up to 8 weeks)	10 animals	7 animals
> 220	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	4 animals	Up to 2 animals (up to 8 weeks)	9 animals	7 animals

Multiple stalls

	Weight in kg	Modular Double Calf Box	Double Calf Box	Modular Calf Box*	Calf Box **
	up to 150	2 animals (up to 2 weeks)	2 animals (up to 2 weeks)	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)
	150 - 220			Up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	2 animals (up to 8 weeks)

* Set of 3 interconnected boxes
** consisting of 3 interconnected boxes

Modular fence stabling

Weight in kg	Single Set for 3-pce Calf Group	Single Set for 5-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 3-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 5-pce Calf Group
up to 150	up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	5 animals	6 animals	10 animals
150 - 220	up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	4 animals	6 animals	8 animals
> 220	up to 3 animals (up to 8 weeks)	4 animals	6 animals	8 animals

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Austria

Animal Welfare Regulation

Single Housing

From the age of 8 weeks, group housing is necessary except in exceptional cases.

	Age Calf	PE UV+	Premium Plus	Master Plus	Calf box small	Calf box large	Calf Box Premium	Modular Calf Box - single box
	0 - 2 weeks
	2 - 8 weeks

Group Housing

The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals in the respective accommodation, according to the current legal provisions (as of January 2024):

Large-capacity calf hutches

Weight in kg	Premium Duo	Premium XL	Premium XL with catch grille	Dual Set Premium XL	Premium XXL
up to 150	3 animals	5 animals	2 animals	10 animals	7 animals
150 - 220	3 animals	4 animals	2 animals	9 animals	7 animals
> 220	2 animals	4 animals	2 animals	8 animals	7 animals

The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals in the respective accommodation, according to the current legal provisions (as of January 2024):

Multiple stalls

	Weight in kg	Modular Double Calf Box	Double Calf Box	Modular Calf Box*	Calf Box **
	up to 150	3 animals	2 animals	3 animals	3 animals
	150 - 220	2 animals		3 animals	2 animals

* Set of 3 interconnected boxes
** consisting of 3 interconnected boxes

Modular fence stabling

Weight in kg	Single Set for 3-pce Calf Group	Single Set for 5-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 3-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 5-pce Calf Group
up to 150	3 animals	4 animals	6 animals	9 animals
150 - 220	3 animals	4 animals	6 animals	8 animals
> 220	2 animals	3 animals	5 animals	7 animals

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Switzerland

Single Housing

From the age of 2 weeks, group housing is necessary except in exceptional cases.

	Age Calf	PE UV+	Premium Plus	Master Plus	Calf box small	Calf box large	Calf Box Premium	Modular Calf Box - single box
	0 - 3 weeks
	4 weeks - 4 months

Group Housing

The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals in the respective accommodation, according to the current legal provisions (as of January 2024):

Large-capacity calf hutches

Age / Weight	Premium Duo	Premium XL	Dual Set Premium XL	Premium XXL
up to 3 weeks	3 animals	4 animals	8 animals	8 animals
4 weeks - 4 months	2 animals	3 animals	6 animals	5 animals
Over 4 months and up to 200 kg		2 animals	4 animals	4 animals

The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals in the respective accommodation, according to the current legal provisions (as of January 2024):

Multiple stalls

	Age / Weight	Modular Double Calf Box	Double Calf Box	Modular Calf Box*	Calf Box **
	up to 4 months	2 animals	2 animals	3 animals	3 animals

* Set of 3 interconnected boxes
** consisting of 3 interconnected boxes

Modular fence stabling

Age / Weight	Single Set for 3-pce Calf Group	Single Set for 5-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 3-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 5-pce Calf Group
up to 3 weeks	6 animals	8 animals	12 animals	16 animals
4 weeks - 4 months	4 animals	5 animals	8 animals	10 animals
over 4 months and up to 200 kg	3 animals	4 animals	6 animals	8 animals

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Netherlands

Belgium

Italy

Finland

Source:
NL: Besluit houders van dieren,
BE: Arrêté royal relatif à la protection des veaux dans les élevages de veaux,
IT: DECRETO LEGISLATIVO 7 luglio 2011, n. 126,
FI: Valtioneuvoston asetus nautojen suojelusta

Single Housing

From the age of 2 weeks, group housing is necessary except in exceptional cases. The dimensions of the single housing are based on the following specifications:

	Inner length	Inside width
	Calf length x 1.1	At least withers height

With our CalfHouse series you can usually house your calves up to 8 weeks.

Internal dimensions of the housing systems:
Calf box small = 130 x 85 cm
Calf box large, calf box Premium = 160 x 100 cm
Modular calf box = 160 x 116 cm
Master Plus = 186 x 104 cm (hutch) + 133 x 105 cm (run)
Premium Plus = 196 x 104 cm (hutch) + 133 x 105 cm (run)
PE UV+ = 195 x 103 cm (hutch) + 134 x 105 cm (run)

Group Housing

The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals in the respective accommodation, according to the current legal provisions (as of January 2024):

Large-capacity calf hutches

Weight in kg	Premium Duo	Premium XL	Premium XL with catch grille	Dual Set Premium XL	Premium XXL
up to 150	3 animals	5 animals	3 animals	10 animals	7 animals
150 - 220	3 animals	5 animals	2 animals	10 animals	7 animals
> 220	3 animals	4 animals	2 animals	9 animals	7 animals

The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals in the respective accommodation, according to the current legal provisions (as of January 2024):

Multiple stalls

Weight in kg	Modular calf box - double box	Double calf box	Modular Calf Box*	Calf Box **
up to 150	2 animals	2 animals	3 animals	3 animals
150 - 220	2 animals		3 animals	2 animals
> 220	2 animals		3 animals	2 animals

* Set of 3 interconnected boxes
** consisting of 3 interconnected boxes

Modular fence stabling

Weight in kg	Single Set for 3-pce Calf Group	Single Set for 5-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 3-pce Calf Group	Twin Pack for 2 x 5-pce Calf Group
up to 150	4 animals	5 animals	8 animals	10 animals
150 - 220	3 animals	4 animals	6 animals	8 animals
> 220	3 animals	4 animals	6 animals	8 animals

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Basic EC Organic Regulation

Unsere Kälberhütten sind nach der EG-Öko-Basisverordnung auch für Biobetriebe geeignet

Suitable for organic farming
Our calf hutches are also suitable for organic farms in accordance with the EU Organic Farming Regulation (2018/848) in conjunction with the Implementing Regulation (2020/464).

Basic EC Organic Regulation

Commission Implementing Regulation

Single Housing

After 1 week of life, group housing is necessary, unless individual housing is justified for individual animals for veterinary reasons and is limited in time.

	Weight in kg	PE UV+	Premium Plus	Master Plus
	up to 100

Group Housing

The following tables show the maximum permissible number of animals in the respective accommodation, according to the current legal provisions (as of January 2024):

Weight in kg	Double calf box	Premium XL	Dual Set Premium XL	Premium XXL
up to 100	2 animals	3 animals	6 animals	6 animals
up to 200			3 animals	3 animals
up to 350			2 animals	2 animals

Local animal welfare regulations must be observed!

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