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Cattle deaths

Some 10 prize bullocks died in quick succession whilst housed over winter in a cattle shed. The government vet was unable to reach a conclusion on cause but apparently does not discount electric shock as an indirect cause. 

The shed comprises steel columns and trusses with corrugated iron sheeting over. The floor comprises re-Inforced concrete slats over the slurry tank. The pens have steel barriers supported by steel posts all of which are heavily corroded but still making contact with other albeit fortuitously.

The earthing system is TT with the shed steelwork on its own providing a substantially low impedance of 5 ohms using a loop tester. A 100mA RCD protects the rather ropey lighting circuits.defccf32df3c757507a0db6ad0a35f87-huge-a5af3537-8eae-4a3c-9126-68fa60b61ac7.jpg

whilst the floor could be wet, I can’t conceive how a voltage difference could be established even if the steelwork was at 230v

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  • are there any electrical supplies for anything other than the lights ? maybe pumps or agitation for slurry or anything like that.

    You'd normally take animals out of a slatted floor building while pumping anyway to avoid gas poisoning, but just wondering.

    hse advice on slurry handling )


    I think it might be the sort of building shown in this article  here and also
    cows rescued from slurry
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  • are there any electrical supplies for anything other than the lights ? maybe pumps or agitation for slurry or anything like that.

    You'd normally take animals out of a slatted floor building while pumping anyway to avoid gas poisoning, but just wondering.

    hse advice on slurry handling )


    I think it might be the sort of building shown in this article  here and also
    cows rescued from slurry
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