Udder health is a key factor for dairy cows’ productivity and welfare. This study presents the first insight into udder after introduction of automatic milking systems in Greece. Four farms with Holstein cows enrolled study. Data from their records were utilized, January 2020 to December 2021. Variables employed assessment cow daily milk yield (DMY), number milkings / cow, individual somatic ce...

Fresh cows' milk (ii) 2 19 4 8 3/9 5/9 Cow and Gate full-cream (ii), a 3 8 5 2 4/5 6/10 b 2 12 3 18 3/3 5/C 2 4 3 6 2/7 4/1 X Ostermilk No. 2 (ii), b 2 12 3 18 3/3 5/C2 0 3 0 2/4 3/7 Trufood full-cream (ii) 4 3 6 5 5/7 8/7 National Dried Milk, full-cream (ii) 1 8 2 2 3/8 4/6 F Cow and Gate half-cream, a 5 5 7 18 7/4 11/2 b 3 19 5 18 5/4 8/1 C 3 5 4 17 4/3 6/6 C) Ostermilk No. 1, b 3 19 5 16 5/4...

The incidence of contamination of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in milk samples collected from the Jordanian market was investigated by using the competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique. A total of 175 samples were collected during 2014-2015. All tested samples were contaminated with various levels of AFM1 ranging from 9.71 to 288.68 ng/kg. The concentration of AFM1 in 66% of fres...

Inadequate organic waste management can contribute to the spread of diseases and have negative impacts on the environment. Vermicomposting organic waste could have dual beneficial effects by generating an economically viable animal feed protein in the form of worm biomass, while alleviating the negative effects of poor organic waste management. In this study, a low-maintenance vermicomposting s...

A widely abundant and invasive forest shrub, Eupatorium adenophorum, was pyrolyzed in a cost-efficient flame curtain kiln to produce biochar. The resulting biochar fulfilled all the requirements for premium quality, according to the European Biochar Certificate. The biochar was either applied alone or mixed with fresh cow urine (1:1 volume) to test its capacity to serve as slow release fertiliz...

The bactericidal activity of fresh raw milk from a number of cows has been tested with the non-hemolytic mastitis streptococcus. By using this organism and other means we were able to rule out the action of agglutinin. The milk of all cows examined inhibited the growth of the streptococcus for definite periods. The length of the inhibition period varied; the milk from some cows prevented growth...

The main objective of this study was to obtain scientifically sound data on the bioenergy potential of dairy manures from cows fed different levels of corn dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS). Three diets differing in corn DDGS content were formulated: 0% corn DDGS (DDGS0; control diet), 10% corn DDGS (DDGS10) and 30% corn DDGS (DDGS30). Bioenergy production was determined in psychroph...