ICAR Technical Series no. 7 - Nitra Proc.

Milking devices disturbance on SCCTable 5. Capacity of underpressure distributor.Recommended valuemin.200 l/min. Whole set 2 < 200 l/min. (a) >200 l/min. (b)nx ± s x85329 ± 12911189,0 ± 8974428 ± 131% 100 13,4 86,6SCC thousand/mlnx ± s x85320 ±7211359 ± 7374314 ± 72Significance of differences in SCC a:b++Performance ofvacuum pump inmilk circuit and inunderpressuredistributorTable 6 shows that 13.1 % milking equipments worked with insufficientperformance of the vacuum pump. It did not affect the occurrence of CSSsignificantly.Table 6. Performance of vacuum pump in milk circuit.Recommended valuemin.700 l/min. Whole set < 700 l/min. (a) >700 l/min. (b)nx ± s x85854 ± 15911698 ± 13274998 ± 169% 100 13,1 86,9SCC thousand/mlnx ± s x85321 ± 7511324 ± 5074320 ± 79Significance of differences in SCC - nonsignificantEffect of paralleloccurrence ofmore seriousdefects on mastitisfrequency in herdThe so called “more serious faults” of milking equipments were selectedduring the study of effects of defects on SCC. The choice shows that theunderpressure changes and mechanical stressing of tissue in udder andteat are the most common faults:1. underpressure in milk circuit >54 kPa;2. losses by leakage in milk circuit and underpressure distributor>40 l/min.;3. average number of pulses 54;4. capacity of underpressure in air distributor