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A multi-valved milking machine cluster to control intramammary infection in dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

Tony K. Griffin ,
Robert J. Grindal  and
A. John Bramley
Robert J. Grindal
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute, for Animal Disease. Research, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Neiubury RG16 0NN, UK
A. John Bramley
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute, for Animal Disease. Research, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Neiubury RG16 0NN, UK
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Summary

A milking machine claw incorporating valves to prevent movement of milk between teats during milking, and its contribution to the prevention of udder infection under experimental and field conditions, is described. Under experimental conditions a suspension of Streptococcus agalactiae and Str. dysgalactiae was introduced into the milking cluster during milking; 11 of 40 quarters became infected using a conventional claw piece whereas none of 40 quarters milked with the multivalve claw developed intramammary infection. In a 12-month experiment in ten commercial herds, each split into two equal susceptibility groups, the multi-valved cluster reduced the incidence of new infection with coliforms and Str. uberis by 17% (P < 0·1). The incidence of all new infections and new clinical cases was 14 and 25% lower compared to conventional clusters but these reductions were not significant.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 55 , Issue 2 , May 1988 , pp. 155 - 169
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1988

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