Bulletin of the IDF N° 426/ 2008: Milking Management Of Dairy Buffaloes

Publication description

Monograph on milking management and machine milking of buffaloes. Chapters cover buffalo milk production, milk composition and quality, anatomy of the buffalo udder, physiology of milk ejection, milkability of buffaloes (milk flow curves), udder health, milking machines, milking routines, housing and management, storage of milk and milk recording.

Keywords: anatomy, breeding, buffalo, composition, cooling, cortisol, ejection, environment, fat, flow, hand-milking, housing, hygiene, lactation, machine-milking, mastitis, milk, milking, oxytocin, production, prolactin, protein, quality, recording, SCC, storage, tanks, teat, udder