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Differences in Milk Production Curves on Ten Dairy Farms with Automated and Conventional Milking System in South-East Australia

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Agriculture Digitalization and Organic Production (ADOP 2023)

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The study, conducted in 2020–2021, aimed to provide a better understanding of the effect of an automated milking system (AMS) on lactation curves by comparing them to these of the conventional milking system (CMS), from mainly pasture-based farms in South-East Australia. Ten farms in Tasmania, Western Victoria and New South Wales were enrolled (five of each AMS and CMS). The objectives of this study were to create lactation curves for (1) pasture-based AMS and CMS in South-East Australia; (2) 3 age categories: primiparae (parity 1); mid-age category (2nd, 3rd and 4th parity) and old age category (>4th parity). At overall, this study demonstrated that lactation curves did vary with the type of milking system. The variability of cow average yield was observed among age categories and farms. In the AMS, the descending stage of the lactation curve was slightly more persistent from approximately 150 days-in-milk (DIM) onwards. Variability in average cow milk yield observed between age categories was higher between mid-age and old-age cows in AMS. Herd structure, when grouped by age category, consisted of more old-age cows on AMS (25.6%) compared to CMS (16.3%). Feeding system had a great impact on the milk yield in South-East Australia, being 21.1 L and 38.9 L for pasture-based and total mixed ration (TMR)-based AMS.

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  1. School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, JS Davies Building, G13, Roseworthy Campus, Mudla Wirra Rd., Roseworthy, SA5371, Australia

    Ivan Perov & Kiro Petrovski

  2. Adjunct Associate Professor in Bioinformatics & Biostatistics, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

    Esmaeil Ebrahimie

  3. Genomics Research Platform, School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VI, 3083, Australia

    Esmaeil Ebrahimie

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Perov, I., Petrovski, K., Ebrahimie, E. (2023). Differences in Milk Production Curves on Ten Dairy Farms with Automated and Conventional Milking System in South-East Australia. In: Ronzhin, A., Kostyaev, A. (eds) Agriculture Digitalization and Organic Production. ADOP 2023. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 362. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4165-0_20

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