A total of 6604 test-day records belonging to 1651 lactations of 784 Egyptian Zaraibi goats were used to generate and evaluate several simplified milk yield recording plans based on the yield of a single monthly milking, adjusted or unadjusted for interval between milkings and for production level. Loss of precision associated with simplified designs was evaluated by comparing estimated lactati...

Milk samples from high and low milk producer Holstein cows, were obtained during the morning and afternoon milking over a one week period. Overall, 1064 samples were tested within 14 times sampling in Urmia, Iran. Milk macro-mineral concentrations in the morning milking and in low producers were greater than in the afternoon and in high producers. The highest and lowest concentrations were obse...

Morphological changes in the venom gland of V. ammodytes were studied after the removal of the venom from the gland lumina (milking) It was found that the height of the secretory cells was changed during the secretory cycle. The patterns of the rough endoplasmic reticulum and of the Golgi complex were changed as well Milking induced an increased incorporation of [(14)C]amino acids into total an...

Automatic milking systems (AMS) rely upon voluntary cow traffic (the voluntary movement of cattle around a farm) for milk harvesting and feed consumption. Previous research on conventional milking systems has shown differences between dairy cow breeds for intake and milk production, however, the ability to manipulate voluntary cow traffic and milking frequency on AMS farms through breed selecti...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of umbilical cord milking on hematological parameters at 6 weeks of age in late preterm neonates. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING A tertiary care center of Northern India during 2013-14. PARTICIPANTS 200 moderate to late preterm neonates randomly allocated to early cord clamping or umbilical cord milking group (100 in each). INTERVENTION I...

The cleaning and sanitation of milking equipment could be consider a critical point in the milking procedure because a cleaning failure could influence the level of bacteria contamination of bulk tank milk. Aim of the study is to monitor the cleaning procedures of milking systems in 7 dairy cows farms in Lombardy and to find a relation between efficacy of cleaning system and the bacterial quali...

The procedures and practices associated with milking are critically important and people now-a-days are switching over to machine milking to save time and money. Milking equipments if properly maintained have a positive impact on both milk production and milk quality. However, if the equipments are not used as per the recommended standard values it may have some untoward effects on udder health...

In the past century, great strides have been made toward optimizing milk production efficiency of dairy cows. One of the key findings that has emerged is that the milk yield of dairy cows is responsive to demands of offspring or milk removal; hence, milk production can be increased by frequent milking. Early studies illustrated the galactopoietic effect of frequent milking during the entire lac...

M i l k i n g cows three times a day ( 3 x 1 to increase production is not a new idea. The practice has been confined mainly to purebred herds, but with rising costs for facility expansion, increases in labor efficiency through mechanization, and higher herd average production levels, 3X milking may be worth considering as a long-term strategy for many commercial herds. While it may seem inappr...

The introduction of new technology, management practices, and alternative production systems has resulted in rapid structural change in the US dairy industry. This paper examines adoption rates and adopter characteristics for the following dairy technologies, practices, and systems: holding pen with an udder washer, milking units with automatic take-offs, genetic selection technologies, recombi...