Planning for reduced stress in the herringbone milking parlour

By J. Gerring

Abstract
Recent trends in the dairy industry have resulted in the need to produce milk at a lower cost, without increasing demands on people and cows. This has resulted in Farm Animal Welfare becoming a dominant issue in order to achieve these objectives, alongside the need to introduce systems that will provide our people with a much improved working environment.

Reduced costs can be achieved from short term gains. The secret for long-term survival is to ensure that the gains are achieved in harmony with the welfare of the cow and its productivity and enhancing the lives of our people.

This article briefly discusses the planning, specifications, milking parlour layout, parlour performance and cow health of Mount Pleasant Milking, a company whose philosophy is to produce milk at the lowest possible cost in a stress-free environment for both people and cows.

Source
British Mastitis Conference 2001,-Garstang,-Lancashire,-UK,-10th-October
-2001. 2001; 52-55

Contact Information
Mount Pleasant Farm, Buckland, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 9PY, UK.




UD: 200300
AN: 20033073610