NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR MILKINGStefania Leonardi – Product Development Specialist
Summary
MILKLINE COMPANY OVERVIEW
SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MILKING PARLOUR
MILPROP4C: THE ADVANCED MILKING CONTROL
UNDERSTANDING DATA: INDEXES AND
ANALYSING PER GROUP
MILKING PARLOURS: THE MARKET CONVEY
o MILKIT: THE NEW PLUG&PLAY SYSTEM FOR
PARLOUR UPGRADE
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Milkline Company
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Headquarter in Italy
Podenzano - Province of
Piacenza
4.000 sqm covered
production line and
research and
development
8.000 sqm covered
production line
Milkline Milestones
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Constant growth during the years
1976
2010
2011
1999
20122012
SERVICEEurope
Company is
founded
Swiss branch
opening
Romanian office
opening
Russian office opening
Cooperations and Integrated services
Milkline Market
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MILKLINE DEALERS AND DISTRIBUTORS:
• 46 COUNTRIES
• 40 INTERNATIONAL DEALERS
• 217 RETAILERS
West Europe
France
Greece
Italy
Switzerland
Holland
Portugal
MaltaMiddle East &
Africa
United Arab
Emirates
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Morocco
Kenya
East-Asia &
Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Pakistan
Thailand
East Europe
Croatia
Serbia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Poland
Turkey
Cyprus
CIS & Central
Asia
Russia
Belarus
Uzbekistan
Kazakistan
Georgia
Azerbaijan
Spain
Denmark
United Kingdom
Germany
Finland
Sweden
Austria
Milkline Market
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Milkline product portfolio
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MILK QUALITY
AND UDDER HEALTH
MILKING
REFRIGERATION
FARM MANAGEMENT FEEDING
BARN ENVIRONMENT
ANIMAL COMFORT
Customized solutions for dairy farms
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COMPLETE MILKING SYSTEM
PROJECTS
UPGRADES OF EXISTING MILIKING
PARLOUR
TURNKEY PROJECTS
Institutional research projects and partners
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Sensor technologies in the milking parlour
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Sensor technologies in the milking parlour
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Main benefits
• Improve health, welfare
• Increase productivity
• Increase efficiency
• Improve product quality
• Objective monitoring
• Improve social lifestyle
Sensor technologies in the milking parlour
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Too much information without knowing what to do with it(Russel and Bewley, 2013)
22 % of farm owners
indicated that expectations did
not match performance reality24 % of farm owners
indicated that learning support
was not as expected
Understanding data
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• Indexes
• Analysing per Group
MilproP4C – The Advanced Milking Control
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CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MILKING PER
SINGLE QUARTER
MilproP4C – The Advanced Milking Control
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1. Skip Overmilking individually on quarters
2. Early detection of quarter inflammation
3. Individual pulsation per quarter
1. Skip Overmilking individually on quarters
Overmilking
HyperkeratosisIntramammary
Infections (IMI)
(Rasmussen M.D., 2004)
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How the system works
Detection of the milk flow per each quarter
Advanced single quarter management pulsation
Semi take-off
Massage phase
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1. Skip Overmilking individually on quarters
1. Skip Overmilking individually on quarters
(Sterret et al., 2009)
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Kentucky University: MilproP4C Test
2. Early detection of quarter inflammation
“Mastitis causes a number of changes in milk that bring immediate economic damage since there is a reduction of fat, casein, lactose, calcium and potassium.In correspondence to the decrease of these factors with an increase in immunoglobulin and albumin of blood serum and the concentration of Sodium and Chlorine = HIGHER ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PER QUARTER
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2. Early detection of quarter inflammation
EC per single quarter during milking
Specific algorithm
Real time data
Message display
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How the system works
DataFlow II: the Herd Management Software
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Main Features:
• Heat detection
– Graph
– Report
• Rumination monitoring
– Health report
– Rumination data
• Mastitis detection
• Health monitoring
• Real Time alarm
Milk production
Reproductionstatus
Feedingmanagement
Health status
All the data are collected per each single cow
and for the herd
MilproP4C and DFII
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• MilproP4C report: level of infection per each single quarter in each
milking shift
• MilproP4C report and milk production variation report: it helps to
understand the level of mastitis
• All the historical data are stored on the DFII server
MilproP4C and DFII
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MilproP4C and DFII
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MilproP4C and DFII
Possibility to use new indicators – Rumination Activity -
within herd management data to support the mastitis detection
Rumination Monitoring:
o A rumination activity drop can be related to a general sanitary,
phisiologic or metabolic problem.
o Rumination can so represent a new factor to increase the system
specificity
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MASTITIS DETECTION INCREASED
MilproP4C and DFII
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Mastitis detection
• Conductivity alert (with the P4C)
• Drop of milk production
• Drop of rumination and activity
• Health index
Understanding data
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• Indexes
• Analysing per Group
TAG H LDTAG HR LD
IDU510
LD system
Animal identification and monitoring
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Herd Management Software
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Heat Index
Aggregated Index made by:
• Activity Peak
• Rumination Peak
• Days in Cycle
• Heat duration
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Heat detection - Report
Breeding Window = Period of time when cow has the maximum probability to be pregnant
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Heat detection - Graph
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Heat detection
Also allow you to detect:
• Cystic cows 3 heat events detected during
30 days
• Abortions after 2 regular cycles
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Rumination monitoring
• Rumination monitoring is an effective tool for predicting post calving
diseases and disorders
– A drop in rumination activity may indicate:
• Illness
• Ration Changes
• Nutritional Disorders
• Metabolic Disease
• Stress
• Heat/Estrus
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Health Index
Aggregated Index made by:
• Activity changes
• Rumination changes (minutes per day)
• Milk production
• Days in lactation
– Cows from 0 to 14 days in lactation are always displayed
in this report
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Rumination monitoring – Health report
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Fertility Summary
Real Time Group Routine
The report highlights real-time irregularities in activity and rumination at
the group or herd level
That may indicate:
• routine issues,
• feed and water supply issues
• spreading illnesses
• group panic or stress
Mimimum 20 tags per each group required
Real Time Group Routine - Activity
Real Time Group Routine- Rumination
Real Time Group Routine- Recommended actions
• Check the report on a daily basis
• Whenever a planned action is carried out (such as treatment or barn
service), check the recovery
• Whenever the system alerts, check the group to find the cause
(panic, water supply or group mixing).
Group Consistency Graph
Detect and monitor long-term changes within the group operation,
such as feed changes, stocking changes, and disorder.
In particular:
• Provides a measure to your feeding regime consistency: it has been shown that
this parameter is directly related to your feed efficiency.
• Presents daily rumination range across the group, providing insight into the
stability of the group
• Enables early detection of a problem and provides a perfect tool for recovery
monitoring.
• Provides insights into how planned and unplanned changes in the feeding area
are affecting cows –e.g. opening a new silage bunker, ration/content changes,
rotten feed, and more
Mimimum 10 tags per each group required
Group Consistency
Group Consistency Graph – Recommended actions
• Check the report on a weekly basis
• If there are changes to the group conditions such as weather
condition changes, stock changes or ration changes, monitor the
group on a daily basis.
• When irregularities are identified, check the farm routines and
operations.
Group Heat Stress
The Group Heat Stress application displays the current status and 48-hour trend of
panting, ruminating and eating.
In particular:
• Enables to see immediately if a group is getting overheated and to easily
analyze the effectiveness of his farm heat mitigation strategies.
• Using this graph together with the addition of reoccurring group events like
milking, feeding, and cooling, will help the farm to evaluate and adjust its cooling
Mimimum 20 tags per each group required
Group Heat Stress Graph
Group Daily Heat Stress Graph
Group Routine Heat Stress Report
Herd Management System
Reproduction
Health
Milking
From the herd to the SINGLE COW.. and to the COW GROUP!
Conclusion
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Milking parlours: the market convey
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Diffusione della tecnologia dei lattometri in relazione alle diverse tipologie
impiantistiche presenti in Lombardia.
Aree rosa = impianti privi di lattometri
Aree in blu = lattometri installati e funzionanti
Tangorra and Zanini, 2014
Milking parlours: the market convey
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Herringbone Tandem Parallel Rotary Robot
MILKING SYSTEM CERTIFIED IN BRITTANY "CERTITRAITE"
Complete new system Renovation 2nd hand parlor
MILKIT POTENTIAL MARKET
MILKIT: the plug&play system for parlour upgrade
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MILKIT: THE NEW PLUG & PLAY SYSTEM CONVENTIONAL SYSTEM
MILKIT: the plug&play system for parlor upgrade
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OLD PARLOR
WORK IN PROGRESS
NEW PARLOR WITH MILKIT 200
MILKIT: the plug&play system for parlour upgrade
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THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!