Low bacterial count in bulk milk with AMS
2015
Sigurdsson, S., SEGES, Aarhus (Denmark). Dept. of Dairy and Cattle Farming
Using an AMS (Automatic Milking System) to obtain a good milk quality with low total bacterial count (TBC) in the bulk milk can be a challenge, but is manageable. A pre-survey within the AMS farms in Iceland, which had the lowest TBC in the bulk milk, showed that there are many similarities with the work routine of the farmers getting the best results. At all farms the system wash was done three times daily and all farms used pre-cooling systems. All farmers had focus on the cleanness of the robot, the AMS box and the floor around the box. Furthermore all farms had some kind of automatic system to scrape the main floors and walking alleys for the cows. The five lowest AMS farms had in common that in all of them the cubicles was scraped down at least three times daily and a fresh bedding material was put op into the cubicles twice daily. All farmers at those AMS farms with low TBC in the bulk milk also kept their cows clean by all above handlings plus getting the udder and tail hairs trimmed at or before calving.
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