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Normal day to day variability of yield of milk and fat of individual cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Stephen Bartlett
Stephen Bartlett
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(National Institute for Research in Dairying, University of Reading.)
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1. The day to day variability in the yield of milk and fat of cows is affected by many factors, two of which are stage of lactation and season of the year. Variability is high during the first month of lactation (particularly during the first few days after the calf is weaned), but after this a fairly constant variability may be expected. Under the conditions of management in the herd under discussion and probably in most herds in Southern England variability is highest during the month of May and also tends to be higher during the summer than the winter months.

2. A method is presented of calculating the variability in the yield of mixed milk from a herd of cows and the error to be expected when milk records and fat percentages of individual cows are calculated from a few samples.

3. When cows are milked twice daily at unequal intervals the yield of milk obtained in 24 hours is slightly less variable if a morning milk yield is added to the subsequent evening yield, than if an evening yield is added to the subsequent morning yield.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , July 1929 , pp. 438 - 451
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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