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Milkline vacuum stability in milking machine installations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2002

ODD RøNNINGEN
ODD RøNNINGEN
Affiliation:
TINE Norwegian Dairies BA, P.O. Box 58, N-1431 Ås, Norway
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Abstract

Transient vacuum drops in the milkline during one ordinary milking were recorded as a measure of vacuum stability in milking installations on 184 Norwegian dairy farms in the summer of 1997. An association between the frequency of vacuum drops and technical data including milkline diameter, length and slope, number of milking units and effective reserve was demonstrated. The direct connection between the transient vacuum drop and its cause could be established for most drops during milking observations. A high frequency of transient vacuum drops in the milkline was associated with a high level of mastitis and a high new infection rate as inferred from changes in somatic cell counts for individual cows. The frequency of vacuum drops during one milking is only a rough indication of the long-term vacuum stability in a specific installation, and must be interpreted with care. The dimensions and slope of the milkline and the effective reserve probably give as good information about the installation's ability to maintain a stable vacuum.

Keywords

Milking machinevacuum stabilityvacuum fluctuationsmilklineeffective reservemastitis
Type
Original article
Information
Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 69 , Issue 4 , November 2002 , pp. 501 - 509
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Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 2002

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