This study was carried out to investigate a new quarter-individual milking system called MultiLactor® (Siliconform GmbH, Türkheim, Germany). The MultiLactor enables milking on quarter level basis with low vacuum (37 kPa), sequential pulsation and periodic air inlet. Within the same dairy farm, the influence of this quarter-individual milking system (MULTI) on milkability traits was compared wit...

To-date, the impact of modern milking parlors in dairy farming on physical strain has not been the subject of many studies. Therefore, this case study aims to record and evaluate the physical strain during the entire milking process, including the oxygen consumption (VO2), heart rate (HR) and metabolic rate (WkJ, Watt) of milkers. The recording was conducted with a portable respiratory gas anal...

Milk samples from high and low milk producer Holstein cows, were obtained during the morning and afternoon milking over a one week period. Overall, 1064 samples were tested within 14 times sampling in Urmia, Iran. Milk macro-mineral concentrations in the morning milking and in low producers were greater than in the afternoon and in high producers. The highest and lowest concentrations were obse...

Machine milking efficiency can be summarized as the recuperation of the maximum amount of milk in the shortest amount of time without causing harm to the udder and without any intervention by the milker. This is to say that once the teat cups have been placed on the dairy ewe, the milking machine should be able to quickly remove all of the secreted milk that has accumulated in the udder. Failur...

Toušová R., Stádník L., Ducháček J. (2013): Effects of season and time of milking on spontaneous and induced lipolysis in bovine milk fat. Czech J. Food Sci., 31: 20–26. The effects were evaluated of different factors on the level of spontaneous (SPO) and induced (IND) lipolysis as defined by the content of free fatty acids (FFA) in milk. Milk samples were collected at monthly intervals through...

Effect of three hygienic conditions (T1washing and disinfection of udder and teats, milker hands, and a sanitary rinse of milking pails using calcium hypochlorite solution with 200 ppm Cl; T2washing of udder and teats, milker hands and milking pails with normal water; and T3without any kind of preparation of udder and teats, milker hands and milking pails) before milking were studied. Fifteen “...

The objectives of this study were (i) to describe staphylococcal isolates recovered from bulk-tank raw milk collected sheep and goat farms during a countrywide performed in Greece, (ii) management factors potentially associated with their presence (iii) provide evidence regarding association the quality milk. In total, 312 isolates, samples 444 small ruminant evaluated work. vitro formation bio...

A portable wireless device with a “vocal commands” feature for activating the mechanical milking phase in conventional milking parlors was developed and tested to increase the level of automation in the milking procedures. The device was tested in the laboratory and in a milking parlor. Four professional milkers participated in the experiment. Before the start of the tests, a set of acoustic mo...