Automatic milking : : a better understanding / / edited by A. Meijering, H. Hogeveen and C.J.A.M. de Koning.
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (527 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- ""PREFACE""; ""SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZATION""; ""CONTENTS""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""AUTOMATIC MILKING: STATE OF THE ART IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA""; ""SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS""; ""MILK IN THE NEWS""; ""SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF AUTOMATIC MILKING""; ""MOTIVATIONS OF DUTCH FARMERS TO INVEST IN AN AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEM OR A CONVENTIONAL MILKING PARLOUR""; ""ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEMS WITH SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON INCREASES IN MILK PRODUCTION""; ""THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF AUTOMATIC MILKING: A SIMULATION ANALYSIS FOR BELGIUM, DENMARK, GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS""
- ""ENERGY CONSUMPTION ON FARMS WITH AN AM-SYSTEM""""EVALUATION OF THE AM-SYSTEM ADOPTING AND USING FARMERS: IN CASE STUDY OF JAPANESE DAIRY FARMS""; ""EXPECTATIONS OF AUTOMATIC MILKING AND THE REALIZED SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS""; ""FARM AND SYSTEM HYGIENE""; ""FARM HYGIENE AND TEAT CLEANING REQUIREMENTS IN AUTOMATIC MILKING""; ""THE CLEANING OF AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEMS""; ""INVESTIGATION OF DIFFERENT CLEANING FREQUENCIES IN AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEMS""; ""INDUCTION OF MILK EJECTION DURING TEAT CLEANING IN ROBOTIC MILKING SYSTEMS""
- ""IMPACT OF AUTOMATIC MILKING ON ANIMAL HEALTH""""EFFECTS OF AUTOMATIC MILKING ON BODY CONDITION SCORE AND FERTILITY OF DAIRY COWS""; ""CHANGES IN TEAT CONDITION IN DUTCH HERDS CONVERTING FROM CONVENTIONAL TO AUTOMATED MILKING""; ""COW FACTORS RELATED TO THE INCREASE OF SOMATIC CELL COUNT AFTER INTRODUCTION OF AUTOMATIC MILKING.""; ""THE INFLUENCE OF AN AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEM ON CLAW HEALTH AND LAMENESS OF DAIRY COWS""; ""INTRODUCTION OF AMS IN ITALIAN DAIRY HERDS: EFFECTS ON TEAT TISSUES, INTRAMAMMARY INFECTION RISK, AND SPREAD OF CONTAGIOUS PATHOGENS""
- ""BLIND QUARTERS IN AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEMS - CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES""""CHANGES IN COW LOCOMOTION IN UK HERDS CONVERTING FROM CONVENTIONAL TO AUTOMATED MILKING""; ""A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF LAMENESS ON VOLUNTARY MILKING FREQUENCY OF DAIRY COWS MILKED AUTOMATICALLY""; ""INFLUENCE OF AN AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEM (VMS®) ON MILK SECRETORY ACTIVITY OF HEALTHY AND DISEASED UDDER QUARTERS""; ""RISK FACTORS FOR TEAT END CALLOSITY IN DAIRY FARMS OPERATING WITH AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEMS (AMS)""
- ""INTRODUCTION OF AMS IN ITALIAN HERDS: UDDER SYMMETRY, TEAT THICKNESS AND HEALTH IN AN AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEM""