Dairy Cattle Milking Flashcards
1
Q
2 main types of housing facilities
A
Confinement/ conventional
Freestall
2
Q
Which type of housing facility:
Cows in sanctions or ties in stalls
More individual attention but more labor intensive
A
Confinement/ conventional
3
Q
Which type of housing facility: Cows roam free in barn Open stalls (aka “beds”) that cows can enter and leave More mechanized, less labor intensive
A
Freestall
4
Q
Where milking takes place
A
Milking parlor
5
Q
How many times a day a cow is milked
A
At least 2. Sometimes 3-4 depending on economic decision of farm
6
Q
Avg milking time
A
5-8 mins
7
Q
What is mastitis
A
Infection in mammary gland
8
Q
Procedure for milking machines
A
Teats washed n dried Sanitizing solution may be used Milking time 5-8 mins Tests dipped w antiseptic solution Cow released
9
Q
Why sanitizing solutions are used
A
Cleans teat ends and also causes the release of hormone oxytocin for milk letdown
10
Q
What a bulk tank does
A
Cools and mixed milk. Stores it until pickup
