Partly covered barns or sheds for livestock with access to a feeding area (as distinct from individual pens or crates).
半开放式禽畜圈（与封闭的笼、圈相对）
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The productivity of animals kept in loose housing systems is lower and the labour requirements and straw costs are higher.
The switch from stalls to loose-housing systems for 'dry' sows has also resulted in a number of other conditions becoming more apparent.
Cubicle housing systems must have at least one cubicle per animal unless there is adjacent, accessible and adequate sized loose housing.
However, with increasing time in the farrowing stall, forelimb lesions became significantly more severe among sows that had previously gestated in stalls compared with loose housing.