Pasture and automatic milking
In automatic milking (AM) systems, cows go to visit the milking unit, a robot, by themselves to get milked. Combining pasture with AM can be problematic. High quality grass and longer distances to the robot are factors that can make the cows less motivated to visit the milking unit. This can cause l...
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| author | Henriksson, Rickard |
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| description | In automatic milking (AM) systems, cows go to visit the milking unit, a robot, by themselves to get milked. Combining pasture with AM can be problematic. High quality grass and longer distances to the robot are factors that can make the cows less motivated to visit the milking unit. This can cause losses in production and extra work for personnel, who might need to fetch cows to the robot. An increased degree of synchronization in cows' behavior can cause periods in the day during which the robot is barely visited and periods where the cows have to spend considerable time waiting to be milked. Some useful methods to make the most of pasture in AM are; give good feed indoors at regular times, limit distance to pasture, strip grazing, limit pasture allowance to daytime and only give recently milked cows access to pasture. Fetching cows should be minimized so that they do not get used to it. Offering water in the pasture might increase the need of fetchings but could, on the other hand, increase the cows' welfare. Many farmers and experimental results have shown that it is possible to combine pasture and AM successfully. |
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| spelling | RepoSLU121382017-11-07T07:37:18Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12138/ Pasture and automatic milking Henriksson, Rickard Animal structure In automatic milking (AM) systems, cows go to visit the milking unit, a robot, by themselves to get milked. Combining pasture with AM can be problematic. High quality grass and longer distances to the robot are factors that can make the cows less motivated to visit the milking unit. This can cause losses in production and extra work for personnel, who might need to fetch cows to the robot. An increased degree of synchronization in cows' behavior can cause periods in the day during which the robot is barely visited and periods where the cows have to spend considerable time waiting to be milked. Some useful methods to make the most of pasture in AM are; give good feed indoors at regular times, limit distance to pasture, strip grazing, limit pasture allowance to daytime and only give recently milked cows access to pasture. Fetching cows should be minimized so that they do not get used to it. Offering water in the pasture might increase the need of fetchings but could, on the other hand, increase the cows' welfare. Many farmers and experimental results have shown that it is possible to combine pasture and AM successfully. Automatisk mjölkning (AM) innebär att korna själva söker upp mjölkningsenheten, en robot, för att bli mjölkade. Att kombinera betesdrift med AM kan innebära problem. Bra beteskvalitet och längre avstånd till roboten är faktorer som kan göra så att korna blir mindre motiverade att besöka mjölkningsenheten. Detta kan orsaka förluster i produktion och extra arbete för djurskötare som kan behöva hämta in korna till roboten. Ökad synkronisering av kornas beteenden kan orsaka perioder på dygnet då roboten knappt blir använd och perioder då köerna till den blir långa. När korna ges tillgång till bete är det upp till bonden att ge systemet rätt förutsättningar för att fungera bra. Några användbara metoder är att; ge kvalitativt foder inomhus vid regelbundna tider, begränsa avståndet till bete, begränsa daglig grästillgång, begränsa betestillgången till dagtid samt endast ge kor som nyligen mjölkats tillgång till bete. Det bör undvikas att hämta in kor så mycket som möjligt för att inte vänja korna vid att bli hämtade. Att erbjuda vatten ute på bete kan öka behovet att hämta in kor men kan å andra sidan öka deras välfärd. Många lantbrukare samt forskningsresultat har visat att betesdrift och AM går att kombinera med bra resultat. 2008-06-09 Other NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12138/1/henriksson_r_171107.pdf Henriksson, Rickard, 2008. Pasture and automatic milking. UNSPECIFIED, Uppsala. Uppsala: (VH) > Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management (until 231231) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-650.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-8630 eng |
| spellingShingle | Animal structure Henriksson, Rickard Pasture and automatic milking |
| title | Pasture and automatic milking |
| title_full | Pasture and automatic milking |
| title_fullStr | Pasture and automatic milking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pasture and automatic milking |
| title_short | Pasture and automatic milking |
| title_sort | pasture and automatic milking |
| topic | Animal structure |
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