Aim: The present study was carried out to explore the potential source of contamination and the efficacy of different washing practices towards quality milk production. Materials and Methods: Probable sources of contamination viz. stored water, potable water, milker’s hands, milking pail, udder of individual buffalo and milk cans were subjected to different types of bacterial counts before the ...

108 milk samples were collected to study the relationship of somatic cell counts (SCC) and milk composition with milking methods and udder hygiene from 27 Holstein Frisian (HF) dairy cows having moderate milk yield in mid-lactation and parity of 2 to 4, at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar dairy farm. All animals were randomly distributed into three categories on the basis of ...

Machine milking, like a good marriage, is an exercise in compromise. Obsession with one goal at the expense of the others is seldom the optimal solution. The main goals of machine milking are to remove the available milk from each cow's udder quickly and completely, without slipping or falling, with minimum discomfort to the cow and minimum damage to her teats. Balancing these goals requires co...

Background (paraphrased narrative from the herd owners): "We started milking in 1982 after purchasing cows to start our herd. At the beginning our herd average was 12,000 lb. In 1987 we remodeled the barn by putting in comfort stalls, a pipeline milking system, and faced the cows to the center of the barn. Milk production then was up to 17,000 lb. We had some trouble with the small pipeline tha...

This study aimed to analyze the principal components of meteorological variables, physiological and behavioral response cows subjected different cooling times their influence on milk quality, in dry rainfall periods, establish multiple regression models for quality. The data used came from an experiment conducted Agreste Region Pernambuco. pre-milking time was 10, 20, 30 min. control (without c...

Dairy farmers face challenges attracting and retaining staff, partly due to the difficulty meeting desires of modern workforce. These include flexible work hours regular time off. The task milking fundamentally impacts ability dairy meet these desires. Milking contributes a large proportion spent working on farms. number milkings (milking frequency) their timing interval) within day influence w...

Lameness is one of the most pressing issues within the dairy industry; it has severe economic implications while causing a serious impact on animal welfare. A study conducted approximately 10 years ago found the within farm lameness prevalence in the UK to be 36.8%. Our objective here is to provide an update on within farm lameness prevalence in the UK, and to provide further evidence on farm l...

Potential risk factors for Ureaplasma diversum in the vaginal mucus of 1,238 dairy cows were included in a multivariate logistic regression model, based on the cow level (i.e., granular vulvovaginitis [+GVV], yearly milk production [4500 kg or more], pregnancy, predominance of Bos taurus [+Bos Taurus], score of corporal condition [at least 2.5], concomitant positivity for Escherichia coli [+E.c...

The measurement of the milk electrical conductivity (EC) during mechanical milking has been widely studied for mastitis detection on cows because its improving of welfare and animal health, although research about small ruminants is scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of three commercial conductimeters to be used during mechanical milking of small ruminant halves, espe...