| Autor: |
M. Jakob, S. Rose-Meierhöfer, Reiner Brunsch |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
South African Journal of Animal Science. |
| ISSN: |
2221-4062 |
| DOI: |
10.4314/sajas.v40i5.65326 |
| Popis: |
Udder health considerably affects the economics of dairy farming. There are different reasons for poor udder health; one of them is the milking technique. In earlier studies it was shown that automatic mil king systems (AMS) have advantages over conventional milking systems (CMS). Quarter individual milking and automation are therefore possibilities to improve t he milking process. Single tube guiding allows cont rolling each quarter individually to measure cell count or end the process according to the cows needs. This s tudy evaluates the effect of a single tube milking syste m used in a conventional milking parlour. Forces on the teats regarding different udder formations and vacu um behaviour were recorded. The investigated single tube milking system MultiLactor ® is produced by the company Siliconform GmbH, Turkheim, Germany. Balanced allocation of vertical force for all teats is important for proper and gentle milk withdrawal an d to maintain udder health. Measurements of force distributi on in AMS and MultiLactor ® systems proved their superiority to conventional milking clusters. Furthermore , all the other force directions were reduced to ne arly zero in AMS and MultiLactor ® . Higher adaptability to irregular udder formations i s also expected. In conclusion "wrong" positioning of the teat cups is expected to be solved by implementing clawless milking cluster s. |
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OpenAIRE |
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