ANS 3006C Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Artificial Insemination, Ovulation, Embryo Transfer
13 Dec 2016
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The u. s. and florida dairy industries part 3. Tie stall or stanchion: can milk 50 60 cows per hour. Free stall with parlor: open stall section indoors with a separate milking parlor. Less milk carrying pipe with better cleaning. Can handle herd expansion better: disadvantages: Cows enter in shifts: types of milking parlors: Cows are at an angle when milking. Most have rfid scanners to register which cow is which. Takes up more space than the herringbone. Cows can enter and leave when finished instead of waiting for the group. Grazing dairies: forage based, has lower milk production due to a lower energy intake, less feed and waste management costs, mostly used by organic milk producers, low infrastructure costs, not an efficient use of land. Yields 40 pounds of milk per acre: not very successful in florida. Considered to be a total mixed ration: feeds a mixture of:
