In 2000 the book Robotic Milking, reflecting the proceedings of an International Symposium which was held in The Netherlands came out. At that time, commercial introduction of automatic milking systems was no longer obstructed by technological inadequacies. Particularly in a few west-European countr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers 2004
Subjects:	Agricultural machinery / fast / (OCoLC)fst00801054 Milking machines / fast / (OCoLC)fst01021750 Milchqualität / gnd / (DE-588)4308998-7 Melkroboter / gnd / (DE-588)4420737-2 Milking machines Agricultural machinery Melkroboter Konferenzschrift > 2004 > Lelystad
Online Access:	Volltext
Summary:	In 2000 the book Robotic Milking, reflecting the proceedings of an International Symposium which was held in The Netherlands came out. At that time, commercial introduction of automatic milking systems was no longer obstructed by technological inadequacies. Particularly in a few west-European countries, systems were being installed at an increasing rate. However, it was recognised that the changeover from 'traditional' to automatic milking affected the farming operation, herd management and control of milk quality profoundly and that many of the implications were still unknown. So, new challenges in various fields of dairy farming and new research areas emerged. Since this previous International Symposium, much has happened. In general automatic milking has been adopted as a realistic alternative for milking in the 'traditional' milking parlour. Systems have gradually been improved and, maybe even more importantly, farmers have become more familiar with their potentia
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (525 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:	9789086865253 9086865259
DOI:	10.3920/978-90-8686-525-3