Parlours
Milking Parlour Design and Hygiene Standards
Modern parlour designs have been developed to cater for increased herd size and incorporate automation in the herringbone, auto-tandem and rotary configurations.
Herd sizes have continued to grow in Northern Ireland. The average herd size is now in excess of 70 cows. Almost half of the cows in Northern Ireland are in herds over 100 cows. This has increased markedly in recent years ...
Stray voltage in excess of 1.5 volts AC has been associated with increases in the level of clinical mastitis in dairy cows. The clinical infections usually occur in cows that already have sub-clinical infections. Finding the cause of stray voltage is generally not simple, because the on-farm and off-farm sources act together and can vary with time ...