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ICAR Technical Series no. 7 - Nitra Proc.

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Ryšánek et al.Vacuum fluctuation in shortmilk tube during peak milk flowD. Ryšánek 1 , P. Olejník 2 & V. Babák 11Veterinary Research Institute,Hudcova 70, 621 32 Br<strong>no</strong>, Czech Republic,E-mail: rysanek@vri.cz2Fullwood-CS, s.r.o., Troubsko, Czech RepublicThis paper reports results of field tests on milking units of 16 milkingmachines installed in low-level milking systems of herring bone,auto-tandem and parallel parlours of which 3 were equipped simultaneousand 13 with alternate pulsation. Vacuum was measured with MILKOTEST2004 (Gebrüder Bilgery, Switzerland) connected to the short milk tube atthe time of peak milk flow. The results were processed by correlationanalysis taking <strong>no</strong>minal vacuum, air vent admission, claw volume, andshort milk tube bore as independent variables and maximum vacuum inthe short milk tube and vacuum fluctuation range as dependent variables.The frequency of excessive vacuum (vacuum maximums exceeding<strong>no</strong>minal vacuum) and signs of teat injury (teat tip cya<strong>no</strong>sis, local ischaemia,teat canal eversion, and hyperkeratosis,) were assessed by <strong>no</strong>nparametriccorrelation. Significance of differences was tested for all variables in milkingunits with simultaneous and alternate pulsation. Significant difference(P < 0.05) was found only for the occurrence of excessive vacuum whichwas higher in units with simultaneous pulsation. Therefore, only variablesfound in systems with alternate pulsation were subjected to correlationanalysis. Highly significant positive correlation was demonstrated between<strong>no</strong>minal vacuum and maximum short milk tube vacuum (r = 0.983;P < 0.01). Significant negative correlation was found between air ventadmission and the range of vacuum fluctuation in the short milk tube(r = -0.648; P < 0.05). Significant positive correlation coefficient (0.500) of<strong>no</strong>nparametric analysis was obtained only for the frequency of excessivevacuum occurance and hyperkeratosis of teat orifice.SummaryKey words: Milking machine, natural milking, vacuum fluctuation, short milktube, teat injury, dairy cows.<strong>ICAR</strong> <strong>Technical</strong> <strong>Series</strong> - No 7125

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