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Robotic Milking Conference Program
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Program Outline |
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Wednesday, March 20, 2002 |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Research Summaries |
| 1:00 p.m. | Plenary Sessions I & II |
| Evening | Poster session followed by reception and trade show |
Thursday, March 21, 2002 |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Plenary Sessions III and IV |
| 1:00 p.m. | Plenary Sessions V and VI |
| Evening | Poster session followed by dinner and a producer panel |
Friday, March 22, 2002 |
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| Tour of robotic milking farms in Southwestern Ontario | |
Automatic Milking Experience and Development in Europe, Kees de Koning, Research Institute for Animal Husbandry, Lelystad, The Netherlands, k.de.koning@pv.agro.nl
Global Acceptance of Robotic Milking - A Manufacturers Perspective, Aart van't Land, Lely Industries N.V., The Netherlands, avantland@lely.nl
Evolution of Automated Milking in the USA, Doug Reinemann, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA, djreinem@facstaff.wisc.edu
Challenges of Incorporating Data from Robotic Milking Systems into Official Milk Recording Programs, , Dave Kelton, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, dkelton@ovc.uoguelph.ca
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Application of a Simulation Model to Housing Design for Robotic Milking Systems, Ilan Halachmi, The Volcani Center, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Israel, halachmi@volcani.agri.gov.il
Influence of Cow Traffic on Milking and Animal Behaviour in a Robotic Milking System, Jan Harms, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany, harms@tec.agrar.tu-muenchen.de
Space Requirements in Feeding, Resting and Waiting Areas of Robotic Milking Facilities, Henning Luther, Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Kiel, Germany hluther@tierzucht.uni-kiel.de
Udder Preparation and Milk Letdown in Robotic Milking Systems, Rupert M. Bruckmaier, Institute of Physiology, Technical University of Munich, Germany, bruckmaier@wzw.tum.de
Detachment Criteria and Milking Duration, Albertus H. Ipema, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Wageningen, The Netherlands, a.h.ipema@imag.wag-ur.nl
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Before the Harvest: Selecting and Preparing the Farm for Automatic Milking, Robert Nugteren, AMS Liberty Inc, Scarborough, Canada, rnugteren@amslibertyinc.com
Managing the Change to a Robot Milking System, John Baines, Fullwood Limited, Ellesmere, United Kingdom, jbaines@fullwood.com
Strategies for Incorporating Robotic Milking into North American Herd Management, Jack Rodenburg, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Woodstock, Canada, jack.rodenburg@omaf.gov.on.ca
Using On-line Data in Management of Milking Frequency and Concentrates Supplementation in the AMS Herd, Ephraim Maltz, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, maltze@volcani.agri.gov.il
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Herd Health Before and After Installation of an Automated Milking System, Eric Hillerton, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, United Kingdom, eric.hillerton@bbsrc.ac.uk
Defining acceptable milk quality at the time of milking, Morten Dam Rasmussen, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Tjele, Denmark MortenD.Rasmussen@agrsci.dk
Machine Milking Effects on Udder Health - Comparison of a Conventional with a Robotic Milking System, Joern Hamann, School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany, Joern.Hamann@tiho-hannover.de
Milk Colour Analysis as a Tool for Detection of Abnormal Milk, Elena Espada, Lely Technologies N.V., The Netherlands, EEspada@lely.nl
Using Fuzzy Logic to Control Udder Health in Automatic Milking Systems, Stefan D. Koehler, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany, stefan.d.koehler@agrar.hu-berlin.de
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Automatic Milking Systems and Milk Quality in Three European Countries, Yvonne van der Vorst, Research Institute for Animal Husbandry, Lelystad, The Netherlands, Y.van.der.Vorst@pv.agro.nl
Influences on bacteriological quality of milk in herds using automatic milking systems and experiences from selected German farms, , Karin Knappstein, Federal Dairy Research Centre, Kiel, Germany, knappstein@bafm.de
Milk cooling systems for automatic milking, Kees De Koning, Research Institute for Animal Husbandry, Lelystad, The Netherlands, k.de.koning@pv.agro.nl
A Global Perspective on Automatic Milking Systems Rules and Regulations, Doug Reinemann, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA, djreinem@facstaff.wisc.edu
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Investment in Robotic Milking on North American Dairy Farms: Now, Later, or Never? Jeffrey Hyde, Pennsylvania State University, USA jeffhyde@psu.edu
Culling strategies in herds with automatic milking systems analysed by stochastic simulation, Søren Østergaard, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Tjele, Denmark, Soren.Ostergaard@agrsci.dk
Impact of Queing for Milking on Heifers in Robotic Milking Systems, Hans Hopster Institute for Animal Science and Health, Lelystad, The Netherlands, h.hopster@id.wag-ur.nl
Grazing: An Animal Welfare Issue for Automatic Milking Farms, Hans Wiktorsson, Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, Hans.Wiktorsson@huv.slu.se
Heart Rate, Stress and Feed Back in Automatic Milking Systems, Christina Umstätter, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany h0944dud@agrar.hu-berlin.de
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Implications of the Introduction of Automatic Milking on Dairy Farms, An Extended Integrated EU Project, Albert Meijering, Research Institute for Animal Husbandry, Lelystad, The Netherlands, A.Meijering@pv.agro.nl
Comparison Of An Automatic Milking System To A Conventional Milking Parlour, Norbert Wirtz, Institute of Animal Breeding Science, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, wirtz@itz.uni-bonn.de
Robotic Milking: A Field Trial in Israel, Ezra Shoshani, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Kfar Hogla, ezrasho@shaham.moag.gov.il
The Effect Of Milking Interval On Milk Yield, Milk Composition And Raw Milk Quality, Kerstin Svennersten-Sjaunja, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden Kerstin.Svennersten@huv.slu.se
Barn Layout And Cow Traffic To Optimise the Capacity of an Automatic Milking System, Rolf Øyvind Thune, Tomb Agricultural College, Rade, Norway, thune@tomb.no
Forced versus Free Traffic in an Automated Robot Milking System, Jeff Rushen, Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lennoxville, Canada rushenj@EM.AGR.CA
Sub-Optimal Cow and Barn Condition And Its Effects On The Visiting Frequency At The Milking Robot, Coert van Lenteren, Lely Industries N.V, Maasland The Netherlands, CvanLenteren@lely.nl
Management Issues in Relation to Optimal Robotic Milking, Aart van 't Land, Lely Industries N.V., The Netherlands, avantland@lely.nl
The Effects Of Voluntary Milking System On Teat Tissues, Intramammary Infections And Somatic Cell Counts, Alfonso Zecconi, Dept. Animal Pathology, Univerità delgi Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, alfonso.zecconi@unimi.it
The use of electric conductivity to control milk quality and udder health, Jürgen Trilk, Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Abteilung für Tierzucht und Tierhaltung, Groß Kreutz, Germany, LfL.BB.Tierhalt@t-online.de
Effects of Temporal Technical Stoppages in an AMS on Bulk Milk SCC and Number of Positive Bacterial Tests on Udder Quarter Level, Gunnar Petersson, Kungsängens Research Center, Uppsala, Sweden, Gunnar.pettersson@huv.slu.se
Evaluation of Teat Cleaning Procedures in Robotic Milking Systems, Jeromy TenHag, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Fergus, Canada, jeromy.tenhag@omaf.gov.on.ca
Assessing Animal Welfare In a Dairy Cattle Herd with AMS, Jan Tind Sørensen, Research Centre Foulum, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Tjele, Denmark JanTind.Sorensen@agrsci.dk
Biorythmic Milking, Willem Smit, Prolion, Vijfhuizen, Netherlands
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Design & Development of Milking Robot System for Stanchion
Barns Mitsuru Hachiya¹
Teat cleaning efficiency before milking in DeLaval VMS™ versus conventional manual cleaning, using Clostridium Tyrobutyricum spores as marker, Martin Melin, Wiktorsson,H., & Christiansson², A, 1)Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala and 2) Swedish Dairy Association, Lund, Sweden martin.melin@huv.slu.se
Vacuum fluctuations in the liner during automatic milking, Martin Bjerring and Morten Dam Rasmussen, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Tjele, Denmark MortenD.Rasmussen@agrsci.dk
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The effect of distance to pasture and level of supplementary feeding on visiting frequency, milk production and live weight of cows in an automatic milking system, Eva Spörndly and Ewa Wredle, Department of Animal Nutrition and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Kungsängens Research Centre, Uppsala, Sweden, Eva.Sporndly@huv.sle.se
Grazing combined with automatic milking systems, effect of distance to pasture and level of supplementary feeding on cow behaviour, Ewa Wredle & Eva Spörndly, Kungsangen Research Center, Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences, Uppsala Sweden ewa.wredle@huv.slu.se
Oxytocin release and milk ejection in response to long-lasting teat cup attachment in automatic milking systems, Juliana Macuhova and Rupert M. Bruckmaier, Institute of Physiology, Technical University of Munich, Germany, bruckmaier@wzw.tum.de
The relationship between feeding management and milking performance of high yielding dairy cows in automatic milking system, Kenichi Izumi, Sigeru Morita, Michio Komiya and Eiji No, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan izmken@rakuno.ac.jp
Comparison of dry matter feed intake and milk yield of Austrian Simmental and Brown Swiss cows in an automatic milking system (AMS) versus milking parlour, Andrea Römer¹, K. Luger², R. Vogelauer², G. Spuller¹, 1)Federal Agricultural Research Centre Ltd., Wieselburg, Austria, roemer.bvw@aon.at 2)Federal Dairy Institute Wolfpassing, Germany
Mathematical simulation of milking capacity in automatic milking system, Michio Komiya, S. Morita, K. Izumi and K. Kawakami, Faculty of Dairy Science, Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan komiya@rakuno.ac.jp
Effects of energy and protein content in basic feed on milking and cow behavior by automatic milking, Martin Wiedemann, G. Wendl; H. Schön, Bavarian Research Centre for Agricultural Engineering, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany, wiedemann@tec.agrar.tu-muenchen.de
The difference of milking times between setting and actual in automatic milking system, Shigeru MORITA, Gentaro IWAGAMI, Shinji HOSHIBA, Michio KOMIYA Rakuno Gakuen University, Hokkaido, Japan smorita@rakuno.ac.jp
Consideration of the TMR feeding control in automatic milking system management, Tamaki KIDA, Kazutomo ICHITO, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Nisinasuno Tochigi, Japan, kida@affrc.go.jp
Relations between milk traits and udder dimensions of friesian x egyptian native cows crosses, Oudah, E.Z.M¹.; A.S.A El-Barbary² and I.S. El-Kimary², 1)Mansoura University, Egypt, 2)Alexandria University, Egypt, saidauda@yahoo.com
Practical experiences with automatic milking systems in larger farms, Rudolf Artmann, Federal Agricultural Research Centre, Braunschweig, Germany, rudolf.artmann@fal.de
Robot Functioning During a Test Study in Israel, Ezra Shoshani, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Kfar Hogla, ezrasho@shaham.moag.gov.il
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A database for the health of cows in transition from conventional to robotic milking, J Eric Hillerton, Jo Dearing & John Dale, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, United Kingdom eric.hillerton@bbsrc.ac.uk
Milk quality and cell distribution: a practical staining method, László Pongráczc and János Iváncsics, University of West Hungary, Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary, pongracz@movar.pate.hu
First study on prevalence and control of Staph. aureus intramammary infections in an Italian dairy farm with automatic milking system, Moroni P., Cattaneo M., Casula A., Ruffo G. & Bronzo V., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Univerità delgi Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy, paolo.moroni@unimi.it
Detection of abnormal milk - definitions are necessary, Kerstin Barth, Federal Agricultural Research Center, Trenthorst, Germany, kerstin.barth@fal.de
Effect of different manual teat cleaning methods on spores in milk. Magnusson, Madelaine.1), Christiansson, A.2), Svensson, B.2) & Kolstrup, C.1) Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, 2)Sweden Swedish Dairy Association, Research and Development Department, Lund, Sweden madeleine.magnusson@jbt.slu.se
Observations of the udder health of automatically milked cows in Finland, Mari Hovinen, Satu Pyörälä, University of Helsinki, Finland mari.hovinen@helsinki.fi
Automatic milking systems: Udder health and milk flow profiles, M. Petermann, W. Wolter, Christiane Rittershaus, Bärbel Kloppert, H. Seufert & M. Zschök, University Giessen, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Giessen, Germany Christiane.Koetting@agrar.uni-giessen.de
Influence of the milking interval on milk composition in automatic milking systems, Daniel Weiss and Rupert M. Bruckmaier, Technical University of Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany, daniel.weiss@wzw.tum.de
Relationship between milking intervals and somatic cell count in an automatic milking system, J. J. Poelarends, D. Willemsen and Kees de Koning, Research Institute for Animal Husbandry, Lelystad, The Netherlands J.J.Poelarends@PV.agro.nl
Evaluation of milking parameters by quarter with modified milk meters in an automatic milking system, Dieter Ordolff, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Braunschweig, Germany ordolff@bafm.de
Milk flow profiles in AMS, Christiane Rittershaus, Hermann Seufert, Joachim Hesse, Martin Petermann, Wilfried Wolter, University of Giessen, Germany Christiane.Koetting@agrar.uni-giessen.de
Influence of milking frequencies of dairy cows on excretion characteristics of antibiotic residues in milk, Karin Knappstein, Gertraud Suhren, Federal Dairy Research Centre, Kiel, Germany knappstein@bafm.de
The Significance of Individual Teat Morphology and Physiology on Milking Performance: Possibilities Offered by Automated Milking Systems, M.A. Davis, D.J. Reinemann and E. Maltz, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA, mdavis1@students.wisc.edu
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Impact of Automatic Milking Systems on Milk Quality and Farm Management, The French Experience, Pierre Billon¹, and F Tournaire², 1)Institut de l' Elevage, Le Rheu, France, 2)Enita de Clermont-Ferrand, France pierre.billon@inst-elevage.asso.fr
Effect Of Robotic Milking On Physiochemical And Renneting Properties Of Bovine Milk: Preliminary Report From An Italian Experimental Farm, Fabio Abeni, L. Degano*, M. Capelletti, G. Pirlo, Animal Production Research Institute, Cremona, Italy, *Dairy Research Institute, Lodi, Italy, fabio.abeni@isz.it
Residues in milk due to use of chemicals in automatic milking, B.A. Slaghuis, R.T. Ferwerda-van Zonneveld, MC. te Giffel, G. Ellen, and Yvonne vanderVorst, Research Institute for Animal Husbandry, Lelystad and NIZO Food Research, Ede, the Netherlands Slaghuis@PV.agro.nl
Monitoring milk quality and udder health in Swedish AMS herds, Bengt Everitt, Torkel Ekman, Mats Gyllensvärd, Swedish Dairy Association, Stockholm, Sweden, bengt.everitt@svenskmjolk.se
Milk yield and constituents under conditions of different milking frequencies in automatic milking systems, Anke Wangler, P. Sanftleben, O. Weiher, State Institute for Animal Production, Dummerstorf, Germany, lfamv.ift.wangler@t-online.de
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The use of automatic milking system (AMS) to save operating time, Dr. Peter Zube, Dr. Jürgen Trilk, Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Groß Kreutz, Germany LfL.BB.Tierhalt@t-online.de
Power and water consumption for AMS, Jan Brøgger Rasmussen¹ and Morton Dam Rasmussen², 1)The National Department for Farm Buildings and Machinery, Skejby, Denmark, 2)Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Foulum, Denmark JBR@lr.dk
Robotic Milking In Italy: Technical And Economical Considerations, Franco Sangiorgi, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy franco.sangiorgi@unimi.it
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