Essays about: "milking efficiency"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words milking efficiency.

1. 1. Cleaning and stimulation of teats in an Automated Milking Rotary

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

   Author : Louise Juhlin; [2017]
   Keywords : attachment failure; ; incomplete milking; ; milking efficiency; ; milk let down; ; washing time;

   Abstract : Abstract In automatic milking systems (AMS) teat cleaning and stimulation of milk let-down are performed automatically in a standardized process before milking. The settings for teat cleaning must meet the requirements for hygienic quality of the milk delivered to the dairy plants. READ MORE

3. 2. Effects of take-off level at udder quarter level and feeding during milking on milk fat quality and milk somatic cell count in an automatic milking system

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

   Author : Maria Tegevall; [2017]
   Keywords : milk composition; beta-hydroxybutyrate; milk fat globule; milk yield;

   Abstract : The number of dairy farms in Sweden is decreasing, while the number of cows per farm is increasing. Since milking is very labour intensive many farmers have invested in new technology like automatic milking system (AMS) in order to reduce the work load. READ MORE

4. 3. Cow traffic in an automatic milking rotary system : comparing single alley and open waiting area

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

   Author : Elin Dalemar; [2017]
   Keywords : cow traffic; automatic milking rotary; automatic milking; milking time; dairy cows; waiting area; cow behavior;

   Abstract : In automatic milking systems it is of great importance that cows voluntarily enter the milking unit, negative experience of milking can influence motivation for entering the unit and in turn affect both production and health. Batch milking in an automatic milking rotary (AMRTM, DeLaval International AB, Tumba, Sweden) enables several cows to be milked at the same time. READ MORE

5. 4. Knowledge discovery and machinelearning for capacity optimizationof Automatic Milking RotarySystem

   University essay from KTH/Kommunikationsteori

   Author : Tian Xie; [2016]
   Keywords : Dairy farming; DeLaval Automatic Milking Rotary AMRTM ; capacity; cow behavior; robot timeout; KDD; machine learning; modeling;

   Abstract : Dairy farming as one part of agriculture has thousands of year’s history. The increasingdemands of dairy products and the rapid development of technology bring dairyfarming tremendous changes. Started by first hand milking, dairy farming goes throughvacuum bucket milking, pipeline milking, and now parlors milking. READ MORE

6. 5. The effect of different cluster take-off levels at udder quarter in combination with feeding during milking on milk production in dairy cows : milk yield, milk composition and milking time

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

   Author : Christine Hultén; [2016]
   Keywords : take-off level; feeding during milking; udder quarter level; milking time; milk yield; milk composition;

   Abstract : It was early stated that high take-off level at whole udder level decreases the milking time. There are, however, few studies dealing with take-off level at udder quarter level. READ MORE