Physiological and technical aspects of machine milking

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• Foreword
• The activities of ICAR
  A Rosati
• Technical developments in machine milking and their application in Slovak conditions
  S. Mihina and J. Lobotka
• The Dutch Quality System for milking machine maintenance
  K. de Koning and P. Huijsmans
• Physiology of milk let-down during machine milking
  V. Tancin, D. Schams, S. Mihina and R.M. Bruckmaier
• The effects of machine milking on teat condition
  F. Neijenhuis, K. de Koning, H. Barkema, and H. Hogeveen
• Measurements of vacuum stability conditions in mid-level and low-level milking units
  E. O’Callaghan
• Comparative study of physiological responses of cows to classical versus automatic system of milking
  P.G. Marnet, H. Aupetit , J.F. Combaud, J. Portanguen and J.M. Aubry
• Effects of liner buckling pressure and teat length on pulsation chamber a- and c-phases
  H. Worstorff and E. Bilgery
• Differential staining of milk somatic cells and the udder health
  L. Pongrácz and J. Iváncsics
• Comparison of different diagnostic measures to identify bovine mastitic quarters at milking time
  V. Kroemker, J. Hamann, N.T. Grabowski and F. Reinecke
• Evaluation of milking routine by using LactoCorder in combination with cytobacterial analysis of the milk of Holstein Frisian
  C. Rittershaus, H Seufert and W. Wolter
• The assessment parameters of the vacuum regulating device with reducing valve
  J. Fryc, J. Los and R. Kukla
• The effect of milking device disturbance on SCC in milk of dairy cows
  V. Foltys, K. Kirchnerová, Š. Mihina and P.Tongel
• Milking variables in relation to teats preparation and unit attachment delay in cows
  H. Turki and S. Winnicki
• Milk recording in Germany
  H. Jürgens
• Influence of the duration of a and c phase of pulsation on the milking characteristics and on udder health of dairy cows
  P. Billon and V. Gaudin
• Vibrations and vacuum stability in milking equipment
  D. Nosal and E. Bilgery
• Testing of vacuum during milking
  L. Jepsen
• Vacuum fluctuation in short milk tube during peak milk flow
  D. Ryšánek, P. Olejník and V. Babák
• Automatic milking: Chances and challenges
  K. de Koning
• Automatic milking systems: Characterising the farms equipped with AMS, impact and economic simulations
  P. Veysset, P. Wallet and E. Prugnard
• Designing the optimal robotic milking barn
  I. Halachmi, J.H.M Metz, A.A. Dijkhuizen and L. Speelman
• The effects of automatic milking with single box facilities on animal behaviour and milk performance on larger farms
  R. Artmann
• Evaluation of somatic cell count under automatic milking conditions
  K. Barth
• Evaluation of milking parameters by quarter in an automatic milking system with modified milkmeters
  D. Ordolff
• The development of udder health of a dairy cow herd in an automated milking system
  S. Pallas and K. Wendt
• Automatic milking systems: Udder health and milk flow profiles
  M. Petermann, W. Wolter, C. Rittershaus, B. Kloppert, H. Seufert and M. Zschöck
• Automatic milking systems and their chances in the Czech Republic
  J. Vegricht
• Specific aspects of milk ejection in automatic milking system
  R.M. Bruckmaier, J. Macuhová, H.H.D. Meyer
• Teat end callosity and clinical mastitis
  F. Neijenhuis, H. Barkema and H. Hogeveen
• Milking characteristics of two liners
  K. de Koning, F. Neijenhuis and B. Ipema
• The influence of mechanical, chemical and biological ageing of liners on change their properties
  R. Gálik, Š. Kovác and I. Karas
• Milking intervals and teat recovery
  F. Neijenhuis and H. Hogeveen
• Effect of old and new rubber liners on teats evaluated by thermographic method
  I. Knízková, P. Kunc, M. Koubková, J. Fluser and O. Dolezal
• Effect of postmilking teat disinfecting on teat skin temperature status
  P. Kunc, I. Knízková, M. Koubková,, J. Flusser and O. Dolezal
• Teatcup hardness after ageing in laboratory and plant usage
  J. Los and A. Mašková
• The latest knowledge and trends in the development of milking systems
  Š. Kovác, J. Lobotka, I. Karas and R. Gálik
• Milking and milk quality in two breeds of sheep
  J. Olechnowicz and H. Turki
• Effect of some selected operations connected with machine milking on the quality of milk raw material
  M. Lipinski, Z. Liszton-GaLa and Z. Gala
• The effect of two milking systems on bovine teat condition
  D.E. Gleeson and E. O’Callaghan
• Managing the quality of milk by means of mastitis monitoring
  P. Tongel and S. Mihina
• Participation of Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra in the interlaboratory proficiency studies of ICAR
  K. Kirchnerová and V. Foltys
• Effect of ultrasound in circular disinfection of milking equipment
  L. Botto, S. Mihina and V. Foltys
• Change of udder conformation traits during lactations in a Holstein Friesian herd
  E. Báder, I.Györkös, P. Báder, M. Porvay and E. Kertészné Györffy
• Effect of inclination and vacuumlevel on the recording accuracy of portable milk meters
  Luger, K., J. Hartl and R. Vogelaue
• Modelling of liner behaviour using finite element analysis
  E. Harty, P.M. Grace and E.J. O’Callaghan
• Using daily data from electronic milkmeters. First results of field tests
  G. Provolo and F. Sangiorgi
• Inhibition of oxytocin release during repeated milking in unfamiliar surroundings: importance of opioids and adrenal cortex sensitivity
  J. Macuhová, V. Tancin and R.M. Bruckmaier
• Milk flow patterns: interrelationship with somatic cell counts.
  V. Tancin B. Ipema and P. Hogewerf
• The influence of pulling force in the liner and teat penetration into the liner on basic vacuum parameters of a milking unit
  J. Szlachta and K. Aleksander