Lessons Learned About Milking Time Hygiene with Automated Milking Systems

摘要

Since the first automatic milking systems (AMS) were installed in Europe in the early 1990s, this groundbreaking technology has spread quickly across the dairy world. The first system was installed in Canada in 1999. It is estimated that there are currently about 1,300 Canadian dairy farms milking with AMS. This accounts for about 12% of the 10,900 farms in Canada in 2017. The size of farms utilizing AMS technology ranges from one unit up to 25 boxes on a single farm with an average size of slightlyunder two boxes per farm.