Contact and non-contact thermometry in the milk acquisition process
2004
Karas, I. | Galik, R. (Slovenska Polnohospodarska Univ., Nitra (Slovak Republic). Katedra Mechanizacie Zivocisnej a Potravinarskej Vyroby)
Temperatures of the northern wall, ceiling and floor of a 2 x 12 milking house as well as of the waiting area in front of the milking house were measured for 2 hours a day in the winter season with an average external daily temperature of -8.6 deg C. The influence of low external temperatures on the temperatures of cows' mammary glands was measured with a non-contact thermometer RAYNGER ST 6 equipped with laser. The analysis showed that the low external temperatures and insufficiently warmed external walls (average 24-hour temperatures: +1.32 deg C, ceiling: +2.65 deg C, floor: +3.29 deg C) as well as the waiting area in front of the milking house (+1.9 deg C) produced unsuitable temperature conditions despite of the use of heaters in the milking house, resulting in the undercooling of mammary glands and the traumatising of dairy cows. The temperatures of mammary glands of tested dairy cows were evaluated by a multifactor analysis of variance. The time and place of measuring were statistically significant on the significance level 0.05. The F-test values were as follows: for the factor of time 12.342, probability 0.0007, for the place of temperature measuring 1061.979, probability 0.0000. The closest curve describing the dependence of teat end temperature on the milking time was a logarithmic function (determination index equal to 0.7404).
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