First four deliverables

Of the total of 28 research reports resulting from the project, 4 have been completed. It regards reports with the following titles:

• D1 - Implication of the introduction of automatic milking on dairy farms, Literature review on the determinants and implications of technology adoption 
• D4 - Public acceptance of automatic milking, Literature review on acceptability of and public opinion on automatic milking systems 
• D16 - Optimal cleaning of equipment for automatic milking, Investigation of systems, procedures and demands. 
• D23 - Welfare assessment of dairy cows in automatic milking systems, A protocol for assessing animal welfare in an automatic milking system. 

Within 2 months the fifth report will be available. The rest will follow during the course of the project, see the item 'deliverables'. The deliverables can be found under the item 'reports'.

Message date: January 31, 2002