Amount and variation of strip yields collected by a defined hand-milking method after machine milking of Holstein dairy cows

Hand-milking methods to assess the completeness of milking in dairy cows need to be reliable as well as quick to apply in order to avoid delays in group milking parlours. A previous study comparing different methods demonstrated that a defined milking handgrip with a strip frequency of 1 Hz was most...

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Main Authors: Daniela Meyer, Angelika Haeussermann, Eberhard Hartung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-05-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731122000593