Dairy cow interactions with an automatic milking system starting with `walk-through' selection

The effects of selecting cows for automatic milking in a passage between the lying and the feeding areas (so-called `walk-through' selection) on cow behaviour in the Automatic Milking System (AMS) were investigated. The same group of 24 cows was subjected in turn to three situations, each lasti...

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Published in:Applied animal behaviour science 1999-04, Vol.63 (3), p.177-193
Main Authors: Stefanowska, J., Tiliopoulos, N.S., Ipema, A.H., Hendriks, M.M.W.B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ANIMAL WELFARE
Automatic milking systems
AUTOMATION
AUTOMATISATION
AUTOMATIZACION
BEHAVIOUR
BIEN ETRE ANIMAL
BIENESTAR ANIMAL
Cattle-milking
COMPORTAMIENTO
COMPORTEMENT
DAIRY COWS
EFFICACITE
EFFICIENCY
EFICACIA
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering
Instituut voor Mechanisatie, Arbeid en Gebouwen
MACHINE A TRAIRE
MAQUINAS DE ORDENO
MILKING
MILKING MACHINES
ORDENO
TRAITE
VACAS LECHERAS
VACHE LAITIERE
Walk-through' selection
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Summary:The effects of selecting cows for automatic milking in a passage between the lying and the feeding areas (so-called `walk-through' selection) on cow behaviour in the Automatic Milking System (AMS) were investigated. The same group of 24 cows was subjected in turn to three situations, each lasting 4 weeks: study 1—free cow traffic, study 2—free cow traffic and waiting area for cows selected for milking, study 3—same waiting area as in study 2, but one-way traffic. The average milking frequencies in these studies were respectively 3.0, 2.9, 3.1 milkings per cow per day, with a standard deviation of 0.4 in each study. Cows receiving the `milking' decision were faster in the passage with `walk-through' selection (0.17–0.41 m/s) than those receiving the `no-milking' decision (0.04–0.09 m/s) ( p
ISSN:0168-1591
1872-9045
DOI:10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00012-X