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

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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!!