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Still three-teat?

A cow that became three-teat due to an udder infection during the previous lactation sometimes produces milk from all four teats after calving. Sometimes very well, often less milk and sometimes also of (too) poor quality. But if the milk is good, the cow could be milked as a four-teat again.
This sometimes occurs after a coli and very occasionally after a streptococcus uberis udder infection.

The robot will certainly continue to milk her as a three-teat if you do not adjust it in DelPro.
And then she will certainly remain a three-teat… Or will she get udder infection on that teat again…

It is always worth assessing this after calving.

And of course, we will follow up in the Cow Monitor afterwards to see whether it was a sensible choice!

Good for teat locks and healthy rumens.

It is still important that cows stay “on their legs” for at least 20 minutes to half an hour after they come out of the VMS before they lie down. This is very important for closing the teatlock muscles under the teats. And thus ensures considerably less risk of mastitis.

But it is also important for the rumen that they eat enough roughage and drink water before and after the concentrate feed in the milking robot or concentrate feed box, and therefore do not lie down immediately.

Therefore, make sure that the cow has something to do after the robot visit. Offer her fresh and clean (heated?) water and often provide fresh food at the feed fence where she feels invited before she could go to a lying place.

And, of course, she also stays on her legs longer with healthy claws.

Hygiene and work routine.

Shaving or burning udder hair, trimming tails to keep them cleaner, every farmer who works with milking robots knows that.
Clean camera glass ditto.

Dry boxes and clean udders / cows, it is good for hygiene but also for the capacity of a milking robot.

The V300 attaches so well that we are becoming a bit more relaxed about this.

And now that field work is starting again, it is important to remain strict about this!

Isn’t it remarkable that one farmer with the same production the milking robot uses half a minute less per milking session…?!?

And that means room for 10 – 15 extra milkings per VMS per day!