Robotic Milking of Dairy Cows

Since its commercial introduction on an Ontario dairy farm in 1999, robotic milking continues to interest Ontario dairy producers as a production system. In this section of our website Ontario dairy producers will find information related to robotic milking and precision dairy management and selected presentations from the Precision Dairy Management Conference and the First North American Conference on Robotic Milking.

• Automated Body Condition Scoring (BCS)
• Field Observations on Barn Layout and Design for Robotic Milking
• Housing Considerations for Automatic Milking
• Precision Dairy Management and the Future of Dairy Production in Ontario
• Precision Management
• Strategies for Incorporating Robotic Milking Into North American Herd Management
• Stray Voltage and Robotic Milking
• 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Robotic Milking (Order No. 01-045)
• Automatic Milking Systems Worth the Money

Selected Presentations From the Precision Dairy Management Conference

• Design Criteria for the Ideal Robotic Milking Barn
• Planning of Large Scale Farms with Robotic Milking Systems
• Automatic Milking in Pastoral Dairy Systems
• Automatic Milking - Common Practice on Dairy Farms
• Economics of Small-Scale Dairy Farms Having Robotic Milking
• Understanding the Lying Behaviour Patterns of Cows Milked in Automated Systems
• Comparison of Protocols to Estimate 24-Hour Percent Fact and Protein
• Methods to Estimate 24-hour Yields for Milk, Fat and Protein in Robotic Milking Herds
• Robotic Milking of Buffalos: A Preliminary Survey on Milking Capacity of Automatic Milking Systems

Selected Presentations From the First North American Conference on Robotic Milking

• Strategies for Incorporating Robotic Milking into North American Herd Management
• A Global Perspective On Automatic Milking Systems Rules and Regulations
• A Database For The Health Of Cows In Transition From Conventional To Robotic Milking
• Assessing Animal Welfare In A Dairy Cattle Herd With An Automatic Milking System
• Automatic Milking Systems and Milk Quality In Three European Countries
• Defining Acceptable Milk Quality At Time Of Milking
• Evolution of Automated Milking in the USA   
• Grazing: An Animal Welfare Issue For Automatic Milking Farms
• Influence Of Milking Frequencies Of Dairy Cows On Excretion Characteristics Of Antibiotic Residues In Milk
• Implications of the Introduction of Automatic Milking on Dairy Farms: An Extended Integrated EU Project   

Other Conference Information and Proceedings

• Automatic Milking- A Better Understanding- International Symposium Information
  • March 2004, Lelystad, The Netherlands
• International Symposium on Robotic Milking August 2000- conference abstracts
• Automatic Milking- A European project involving 6 countries and 13 partners
• University of Wisconsin
• The Impact Of Automatic Milking On Udder Health
• Udder Health And Milk Quality On Ontario Dairy Farms Utilizing Voluntary Milking Systems