The results about a scientific research regarding milking of mares of Murgese breed are related in the present work. The developed pregramme had the aim to compare hand and mechanical milking with two pulsation rates (120 and 140 cycles/min) and to define dimensional standards, mechanical and operative solutions, to design and/or to conform machine milking of mares with special reference to Murgese breed. The study was carried out on 4 multiparous mares, after a suitable adaptation period. The trial lasted 45 days, and during this period the animals were milked twice a day. The research showed a considerable advantage, both from a productive and a technical-operative point of view, to milk this species with mechanical plants, instead of by hand. Moreover, mechanical milking at 140 cycles/min, was the better conditions than those examined, because it’s possible to obtain the best productions of milk, the smallest specific power consumptions, and moreover the greatest working capacities and labour productivity. The standard of adaptation of the observed animals to the mechanical milking and their obtained productions, can be considered adequate; yet, with the present study, some mechanical and operative solutions are defined to project plants and to fit in secirity those existing.
Experimental milking tests on Murgese mares for the design of ad hoc milking plants (SCOPUS)
BIANCHI, Biagio;
2005-01-01
Abstract
The results about a scientific research regarding milking of mares of Murgese breed are related in the present work. The developed pregramme had the aim to compare hand and mechanical milking with two pulsation rates (120 and 140 cycles/min) and to define dimensional standards, mechanical and operative solutions, to design and/or to conform machine milking of mares with special reference to Murgese breed. The study was carried out on 4 multiparous mares, after a suitable adaptation period. The trial lasted 45 days, and during this period the animals were milked twice a day. The research showed a considerable advantage, both from a productive and a technical-operative point of view, to milk this species with mechanical plants, instead of by hand. Moreover, mechanical milking at 140 cycles/min, was the better conditions than those examined, because it’s possible to obtain the best productions of milk, the smallest specific power consumptions, and moreover the greatest working capacities and labour productivity. The standard of adaptation of the observed animals to the mechanical milking and their obtained productions, can be considered adequate; yet, with the present study, some mechanical and operative solutions are defined to project plants and to fit in secirity those existing.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.