The present study was designed to investigate the effect of mastitis on various components including fat percentage, protein, total solids, solid not fat, pH, specific gravity and lactose content in milk cross-bred (Holstein Friesian × Cholistani) Sahiwal cattle. A 376 samples (excluding blind nonfunctional teats) from 100 cows (50 50 sahiwal) were collected aseptically. Animals different ages,...

Liner overpressure is a quantitative variable indicating the extent to which vacuum difference across liner during phase d (the compression phase) of milking machine pulsation exceeds that would be just sufficient stop milk flow from teat. Previously defined methods determining have required modifications machine, complex instrumentation, or both. Our method measuring derived (OP) offers relati...

Aims and objectives Premature medically fragile infants in neonatal intensive care may be establishing oral feeding skills during their admission. Not all can achieve breastfeeding bottle is the recognised alternative. Choosing a with manageable flow rate enable positive experience. The of teats used on an Australian NICU were tested to determine actual variation observed. Design methods ...

Swine vesicular disease (SVD) is a contagious disease of pigs, caused by an enterovirus and characterised by vesicles on the coronary bands, heels of the feet and occasionally on the lips, tongue, snout and teats. Strains of SVD virus may vary in virulence, and the disease may be subclinical, mild or severe, the latter usually only being seen when pigs are housed on abrasive floors in damp cond...

The dependence of activated mammary number on litter size was studied in standard type farmed mink in an attempt to clarify its effects on early kit mortality. The results showed highly positive correlations between litter size and the number of activated teats at 2 days, 4 weeks and 8 weeks of age. Total kit mortality was rather low and independent of litter size. The body weights of the mothe...