Milking hygiene characterization at the dairy cattle farming family from Realeza city - south-west of Paraná

Prevalence of brucellosis in dairy cattle from the main dairy farming regions of Eritrea.

In order to get a reliable estimate of brucellosis prevalence in Eritrean dairy cattle, a cross-sectional study was carried out in 2009. The survey considered the sub-population of dairy cattle reared in modern small- and medium-sized farms. Samples were screened with the Rose Bengal test (RBT) and positive cases were confirmed with the complement fixation test (CFT). A total of 2.77%(417/15 04...

Milking management of dairy buffaloes

Animal Hygiene and Animal Health in Dairy Cattle Operations

This paper addresses the economic and strategic position of animal health in the dairy operations and the way that animal health care should be properly designed. Examples of biosecurity plans and quality risk management are further elaborated. Disease risk identification and disease risk management as primary preventive issues are pivotal in modern animal health care on both the small and larg...

Is automatic milking acceptable in organic dairy farming? Quantification of sustainability indicators

The objective of this research, was to quantify sustainability indicators of organic dairy farms using Automatic Milking Systems (AMS), and a comparative group of organic dairy farms using conventional milking systems (CMS). Milk yield per cow was higher for AMS farms but did not result in higher net return to management. Nitrogen surplus per ha of available land was higher for AMS farms, Anima...

Evaluation of Effects of Milking Hygiene and Management Factor on Clinical Mastitis Incidence in Dairy Cows

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of clinical mastitis and somatic cell count (SCC) in six dairy herds which had different milking management and hygiene conditions. Four hundred thirty one Holstein Friesian cows were used in the study. The herds were classified to be good (Group 1, n=2), medium (Group 2, n=1) or bad (Group 3, n=3) according to milking management and hygiene...