602238 Disclosed is a foot positioning device (10) that encourages animals or dairy cows to stand in a desired position to enable efficient and effective spray treatment of their teats. The device also has an aerodynamic shape to keep its top surface, and any spray nozzles, free of slurry and excess spray chemicals and therefore free of contamination. The positioning device comprises a base plate with at least one or two pair of raised portions upstanding from the base plate and one or more valley regions located between the raised portions of each pair of raised portions. The profile of each of the raised portions, and the profile of each of the one or more of the valley regions, is convex. The base plate comprises forward and rearward facing ends and wherein the raised portions comprise a pair of elongate and parallel raised portions which form two raised ridges that run towards the forward facing end in one direction and towards the rearward facing end in the other direction, and a valley is located between the two raised ridges. The profile of each of the two raised ridges and the profile of the valley located between the two raised portions is a convex arc running in the direction between the forward facing and rearward facing end portions. One or more spray nozzles (26a,b,c,d) are located on one or more of the raised portions for applying a treatment chemical either pre-or post-milking.
