Authors: RD Matson, MTM King, TF Duffield, DE Santschi, K Orsel, EA Pajor, GB Penner, T Mutsvangwa, TJ DeVries
Publication Date: 2021/7/1
The objective of this study was to benchmark the herd-level housing and management strategies of automated milking system (AMS) farms across Canada and assess the associations of these herd-level housing factors and management practices with milk production and quality. Canadian AMS farms (n = 197; Western Canada: n = 50, Ontario: n = 77, Quebec: n = 59, Atlantic Canada: n = 11) were each visited once from April to September 2019, and details were collected related to barn design and herd management practices. Milk-recording data for the 6 mo before farm visits were collected.
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