Pasture-based automated milking systems can achieve similar levels of productivity and profitability than pasture-based conventional milking systems…
Automatic flushing of milking clusters is a control measure aimed at reducing transmission of mastitis pathogens between cows…
After nutrition, labor is the second item in the production costs of a dairy operation. Therefore, it is very important to optimize the work force of a dairy farm in order to improve profitability.
In robotic dairies, cows can move through the pen freely or forced. With free cow traffic, cows decide when to enter the robot whereas with forced cow traffic, the producer set one-way traffic toward the robot by one-way gates or a sorting system in which cows are forced..
Milk ejection occurs when the myoepithelial cells that surround the mammary alveoli contract and milk is transported through the milk ducts into the cisternal compartment.
