1. Quarter milking parameters by lactation in dairy cows
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Ramutė Mišeikienė, Saulius Tušas, Paulius Matusevičius, and Sigita Kerzienė
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automatic milking system ,cow ,lactation ,udder quarter ,Dairying ,SF221-250 - Abstract
The study was conducted on 229 dairy cows in Lithuania. DeLaval milking robots were used for cows’ milking. Milk yield (kg), milking duration (min), milk flow (kg/min), peak flow rates (kg/min) by cow lactation in separate udder quarters were analyzed. The statistical analysis of the research data was performed using the data collection and analysis program package Statistical Package for Social Science 22 for Windows, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and One-Factor Dispersion Analysis (ANOVA) model. Distribution of the udder quarters is very important in the cow milking process. Milk yield from cow front udder quarters was about 4.6 kg (42.2 %) and from rear udder quarters 6.32 kg (57.8 %) (P
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- 2019
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