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Effect of the method of removal of the milking machine cluster on new udder infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Tony K. Griffin ,
Robert J. Grindal ,
Ray L. Williams ,
Frank K. Neave  and
David R. Westgarth
Tony K. Griffin
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT, UK
Robert J. Grindal
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT, UK
Ray L. Williams
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT, UK
Frank K. Neave
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT, UK
David R. Westgarth
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT, UK
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Summary

A series of short duration experiments show that the way in which the milking machine cluster is removed from the udder influences the rate at which new udder infections occur when bacterial exposure is high at the end of milking. Shields fitted in the base of the liners controlled most of the infections caused by abrupt removal of the cluster.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , August 1982 , pp. 361 - 367
Copyright
Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1982

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