Automatic milking

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Deliverable
No.		 Deliverable title Partners Work package Delivery date
Socio-economic aspects of automatic milking
1 Report providing a literature review on the determinants and implications of technology adoption 5 1 September 2001
2 Report providing a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the determinants of adoption of automatic milking 5 1 March 2003
3 Report on the qualitative and quantitative implications of automatic milking 5 1 December 2003
Public acceptance of automatic milking
4 Report providing a literature review on societal acceptance of technology 5 2 September 2001
5 Report on societal acceptance of automatic milking 5 2 December 2003
Redefinition of acceptable milk quality
6 Report describing consequences of definitions of acceptable milk quality for the practical use of automatic milking systems 3 3 February 2003
7 Report on the possibilities of automatic milking systems to separate milk based on quality 3 3 August 2003
Milk quality on farms with an automatic milking system
8 Report with the effects of automatic milking on the quality of produced milk 1 4 February 2002
9 Report with farm and management factors affecting milk quality and motivation for further research 1 4 February 2003
10 Report with results of detail studies on causes of decreased milk quality 1 4 February 2004
Prevention of antibiotic residues
11 Report on influences of milking intervals and frequencies in automatic milking systems on excretion characteristics of different antibiotics in milk 2 5 October 2003
12 Recommendations for management on antibiotic treatment of cows in automatic milking systems 2 5 December 2003
Effectiveness of automatic cleaning of udder and teats and effects of hygiene management
13 Protocol for evaluation of teat cleaning systems 2 6 August 2002
14 Report on the effectiveness of cleaning procedures in different automatic milking systems 2 6 August 2003
15 Report on hygiene measures resulting in adequate teat cleaning 2 6 December 2003
Optimal cleaning of equipment
16 Report describing the various methods used to clean equipment of an automatic milking system 1 7 October 2001
17 Final report describing methods to optimise the different cleaning systems 1 7 October 2003
18 Report on effectiveness of optimised teat cup cleaning with respect to prevention of transfer of mastitis pathogens from cow to cow 1 7 February 2004
Health of dairy cows milked by an automatic milking system
19 Report containing an interim summary of disease incidence on farms converting to automatic milking 4 8 February 2003
20 Final report on changes in disease incidence on farms over the last period of conventional milking and the first year of automated milking 4 8 February 2004
21 Report containing best knowledge from the literature on effects of milking conditions on the teat end 4 8 October 2002
22 Report on the avoidance of problems of impaired teat condition when using an automated milking system 4 8 August 2003
Welfare assessment of dairy cows in automatic milking systems
23 Report describing a protocol for assessing animal welfare in an automatic milking system 6 9 February 2002
24 Report describing the relation between behaviour, physiological, metabolic and health parameters of cows held on a farm with a milking robot 6 9 February 2003
Automatic milking and grazing
25 Report containing results of a survey on applied grazing strategies 6 10 June 2002
26 Report on stimuli for motivations of cows to visit the milking robot 6 10 February 2003
27 Report with grazing strategies and their effect on animal welfare and system performance 6 10 February 2004
Demands and opportunities for operational management support
28 Report with demands for management information systems and overview of the possibilities of current systems 1 11 February 2004

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