Physiological and technical aspects of machine milking

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• Machine milking research in Slovakia
  S. Mihina, V. Tancin
• The importance of adrenergic receptors in the bovine udder for milk removal
  R. M. Bruckmaier
• Machine milking ability in goats: genetic variability and physiological basis of milk flow rate
  P.- Guy Marnet, P. Billon, E. Sinapis, P. Da Ponté, E. Manfredi
• Stepwise development towards physiological milk harvest – a consequence of suckling technique
  M. Mayntz
• The quarter milk flow paremeters influenced by stage of lactation and milkability in multiparous dairy cows
  V. Tancin, A. H. Ipema, P. H. Hogewerf
• Comparative study of the galactopoietic effect of oxytocin during and between milkings in cows and goats
  V. Lollivier, P. – Guy Marnet
• Responses of milk removal characterics of single quarters on different vacuum levels
  A. H. Ipema, V. Tancin, P. H. Hogewerf
• The impact of parity and lactational stage on initial milk flow
  N. Livishin, E. Aizinbud, E. Maltz
• Udder cistern size and milkability of ewes of various genotypes
  M. Milerski, M. Margetin, D. Apolen, A. Capistrak, J. Spanik, M. Oravcova
• Development of bulk milk quality from herds with automatic milking systems
  M. D. Rasmussen, M. Bjerring
• Aspects on quarter milking in automated milking systems
  K. Svennersten-Sjaunja, I. Berglund, G. Pettersson, K. Östensson
• Automatic milking: lessons form an EU project
  K. de Koning
• Comparison of teat tissue changes after milking with conventional or automated milking units
  J. Hamann, M. Schridde
• Automatic Milking Systems (AMS) and their influence on the fat content of milk
  H. Grimm
• Effect of two milking systems on the milking performance of dairy cows over a complete lactation
  D. Gleeson, E. O`Callaghan
• Comparison between conventional and automated milking systems – udder health, milk secretion and milk yield
  J. Hamann, H. Halm, F. Reinecke, R. Redetzky, N. Th. Grabowski
• Usefulness of standard milk components for monitoring udder health
  D. Ordolff
• Detection of clinical mastitis in automatic milking systems
  M. D. Rasmussen, M. Bjerring
• Differences in milk conductivity on quarter level induced by milking machine
  K. Barth
• Do Automatic Milking Systems affect the shape of the lactation curve?
  M. Speroni, L. Migliorati, G. Pirlo, f. Abeni, F. Calza, M. Capelletti
• Influence of pulsation parameters on milking and udder health of dairy goats
  P. Billon, P.- Guy Marnet, J. M. Aubry, Y. Dano, J. Maugras
• Electricity and water consumption by milking
  J. Rasmussen
• The Dutch quality system for milking machine maintenance in 2003 and 2004
  K. de Koning, P. Huijsmans
• Association of milking practices with DHI somatic cell counts in large Brandenburg dairy herds
  B.-A. Tenhagen, G. Köster, N. Scheibe, W. Heuwieser
• Evaluation of the opportunities for continuous monitoring of milking installations
  V. Hostens, B. Sonck
• Development of microbiological colonisation in a newly installed milking system
  U. Falkenberg, P. Reinhold, G. Hildenbrandt, W. Heuwieser
• Noise and vibration as stress factors in milking: causes, effects and possible solutions
  D. Nosal, L. Gygax
• Perfection of methods and testing means of milking systems
  V. Pobedinschi, E. Badinter, A. Ioisher, P. Mikhailenko, V. Drigo, N. Mikhailenko
• Specificity and sensitivity of a mastitis diagnostic method based on the electrical conductivity for single quarter and punctual data elaboration
  L. Bertocchi, R. Bravo, V. Bronzo, P. Moroni, F. M. Tangorra, M. Zaninelli
• Factors affecting the results of CMT in a Tunisian dairy herd
  R. Bouraoui, A. Ben Gara, B. Rekik, K. Mezzi, M. Ben Mrad
• Does housing and feeding during milk-feeding period affect the milk production of primiparous dairy cows?
  J. Broucek, M. Uhrincat, P. Kisac, S. Mihina, A. Hanus, S. Marencak, F. Benc, V. Foltys
• The economic aspects of dairy heifer management
  R. Bulla, P. Bielik, J. Dano, J. Bulla
• Sampling of raw cow milk by a conventional method and autosampler
  M. Cambalova , J. Sokol , J. Golian, T. Bohunicka, E. Dudrikova
• Psychrotrophic microflora as one of the criteria microbiological quality of milk
  M. Canigova, V. Duckova, A. Michalcova
• Microbiological value of the ewe´s milk sample as the criterion for GMP and HACCP on the farms with machine milking
  E. Dudrikova, O. Burdova, J. Sokol, D. Rajsky, L. Lorincak
• Evaluation and comparison of sanitation control in primary production with different milking technology
  V. Foltys, K. Kirchnerova
• Methods to measure teat conditions in relation to machine milking with two different liners
  L. Forsbäck, N. Älveby, K. Svennersten-Sjaunja
• Measurement of some studied parameters of liners and its statistical evaluation
  R. Galik, I. Karas
• Effect of post-milking teat disinfectant on the relationship between teat hyperkeratosis, somatic cell count and the incidence of mastitis
  D. E. Gleeson, W. J. Meaney, E. J. O`Callaghan
• Long-term effects of different pulsation characteristics on teat thickness, teat skin moisture and teat skin pH of dairy cows
  S. Hansen, J. Hamann
• Non-contact thermometry in the milk removal process
  I. Karas, R. Galik, A. Hotovy
• Microclimatic conditions in milking parlour during winter period
  I. Knizkova, P. Kunc, P. Novak, M. Prikryl, J. Maloun
• The effect of calf suckling and machine milking on bovine teats
  I. Knizkova, P. Kunc, J. Broucek, P. Kisac
• Knowledge of a milk robot operation
  S. Kovac, J. Divis, J. Svenkova
• Teat traumatisation by milking in side by side milking parlour and tandem parlour
  P. Kunc, I. Knizkova, J. Maloun, M. Prikryl, P. Novak
• Safety and health protection in milking process
  F. Lavcak, R. Markovic
• Effects of vacuum level and teat cup weight on milk removal in an automatic milking system
  J. Macuhova , R. M. Bruckmaier
• Relationship between morphological and functional parameters of udder and somatic cell counts in milk of ewes
  M. Margetin, J. Spanik, M. Milerski, A. Capistrak, D. Apolen
• Morphology of udder and milkability of ewes of Tsigai, Improved Valachian, Lacaune breeds and their crosses
  M. Margetin, M. Milerski, D. Apolen, A. Capistrak, M. Oravcova
• The relationship between the milk flow, quantity of drained milk and somatic cell count in milk of Holstein and Simmental cattle breed in Croatia
  P. Mijic, I. Knezevic, M. Domacinovic, A. Ivankovic, Z. Ivkic
• Machine milking problems: trouble shoooting
  H. Miltenburg, O. Sampimon, J. van Vliet, J. Sol
• Teat affections caused by the milking machine
  H. Miltenburg, O. Sampimon, J. van Vliet, J. Sol
• Protocol for farms with udder health problems
  H. Miltenburg, O. Sampimon, J. van Vliet, J. Sol
• The influence of mechanical stimulation on the milking behaviour of goats
  C. Mueller, O. Kaufmann
• Impact of pre-milking teat preparation practices on milk quality
  P. M. Murphy, T. Freyne, D. Gleeson, E. O`Callaghan, B. O`Brien
• Energy balance between the milk production and the level of feeding in the first hundred days of lactation
  P. Novak, S. Kracmar, L. Novak, I. Knizkova, P. Kunc, J. Vokralova
• Automatic milking with Austrian Simmental and Brown Swiss Cows
  A. Römer, G. Spuller
• Associations of the bovine major histocompatibility complex DRB (Bola – DRB) with mastitis and milk composition in dairy cattle
  G. Sender, A. Korwin – Kossakowska
• The influence of stress on milk production and its quality
  J. Sokol, J. Golian, E. Dudrikova, D. Rajsky, L. Lorincak
• Increased levels of oxytocin induced by naloxone in relation to milk removal in dairy cows
  V. Tancin, J. Macuhova, D. Schams, R. Jurcik, S. Mihina, L. Macuhova, R. M. Bruckmaier
• Effect of robotic and conventional milking on milk yield and milk composition of primiparous cows
  F. M. Tangorra, M. Zaninelli
• Managing of mastitis in the herd of dairy cows
  P. Tongel, S. Mihina
• The effect of relocation on milk removal in primiparous dairy cows reared in different rearing systems during early postnatal period
  M. Uhrincat, V. Tancin, P. Kisac, S. Mihina, A. Hanus, D. Tancinova, J. Broucek
• Analysis of vacuum fluctuation in milking units
  J. Vegricht, A. Machalek, P. Ambroz