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… spent on fetching cows to the milking unit. Data was collected from 165 dairy farms in Denmark and the Netherlands for the period 1st July 2011 to 1st July 2012. The data was retrieved from the management systems on each farm as well as from a telephone based quantitative …
… av riktigt varma eller regniga dagar. SUMMARY Earlier studies of grazing dairy cattle have not taken the climate under consideration. A high lactating dairy cow produces a great amount of heat which she has to dissipate in order to maintain her deep body temperature. The ways of …
Purpose There are almost infinite numbers of ways to build dairy farms in Sweden. When building a new free stall barn you have the possibility to affect both working environment and animal welfare for many years to come. The construction costs are influenced by which type of …
kostnader och åtgärder
To get a good economy on the dairy farms the fertility control of heifers and cows is a crucial factor. It is also important to know which key parameters that should be tracked. In this work well established routines for heat detection have to be applied. When the dairy farmers …
inflytande av besättningsstorlek, samt mekaniserings- och automatiseringsgrad
Time studies in dairy production are an essential tool when deciding about level of mechanisation and automatisation both in investment situation and improving efficiency in existing operations. In previous investigations such studies have been carried out during normal barn …
Today a trend can be seen towards fewer dairy farms and increasing number of cows per farm. Larger farms set a higher demand of more labour efficient milking systems. The time to enter and exit milking rotary platforms is crucial to maintain a high cow throughput. This study is …
… infektion.ABSTRACTMastitis is the most common and most costly disease among dairy cows. According to Swedish Dairy Association approximately 65 % of all cows in Sweden have mastitis some time during lactation. Subclinical (without detectable symptoms) mastitis constitutes the …
ABSTRACT For hundreds of years there has been a tradition with tethered dairy cows in Sweden. The last decades the old fashioned way to hold cows have been questioned and the number of dairy cows in loose housing has been increasing. Last year (2004) 19 percent in total of all …
… therefore to determine whether there are differences in the attitude between dairy farmers and dairy stock people in Sweden compared to dairy farmers and dairy stock people in The Netherlands. The second aim was to observe if there are signs of differences in the human-cattle …
… basis for creating environmental indicators for use of nitrogen and energy on dairy farms. Twenty-three farmers in western Sweden have been interviewed about their farms, both organic and conventional. They produce milk with different intensity, defined as the amount of milk …
a case study on nine commercial dairy farms in Sweden
… and housing. The underlying field work was undertaken on nine commercial dairy farms in Sweden and comprised of man-ager (farmer) interviews, own observations at the target-barns, and the acquisition of standard data that were collected and stored by the farms? AMS software …
Subclinical mastitis (SCM) is a well-known problem in the dairy sector, where it causes severe economic losses mainly due to reduced milk production. This is a problem not only in the western world but also in developing countries. Surveys from different developing countries …
… library, using the search terms cow’s milk, constipation, milk proteins, dairy products, milk hypersensitivity, cow milk and cows milk between March 17th and April 4th 2014.Selection criteria: Randomized controlled trials measuring stool frequency in chronically constipated …
a study of the advisory service "Ask the Cow" and the web report "Animal Welfare Signals"
… animal welfare, which led to a development of the advisory service of ”Ask the Cow” and the web report ”Animal Welfare Signals”. The aim of this project was to find out if register data from ”Animal Welfare Signals” can be used as a screening tool for detecting herds at risk of …
a case study
This study examined the factors influencing dairy farmers´ decisions to invest in automated milking systems (AMS). The problem studied involves uncertainty, information and complexity for dairy farmers in specific decision contexts. The frame of reference in the thesis combines …
