Robotic Milking of Dairy Cows

• Cooling and Cleaning Pose Problems
• Field Observations on Barn Layout and Design for Robotic Milking
• Housing Considerations for Automatic Milking
• Ontario Experience with Automatic Milking
• Precision Dairy Management and the Future of Dairy Production in Ontario
• Robots for Real
• Strategies for Incorporating Robotic Milking Into North American Herd Management
• Stray Voltage and Robotic Milking
• 10 Most Frequently Asked Questions About Robotic Milking (Order No. 01-045)

Selected Presentations From the First North American Conference on Robotic Milking

• Strategies for Incorporating Robotic Milking into North American Herd Management
• A Global Perspective On Automatic Milking Systems Rules and Regulations
• A Database For The Health Of Cows In Transition From Conventional To Robotic Milking
• Assessing Animal Welfare In A Dairy Cattle Herd With An Automatic Milking System
• Automatic Milking Systems and Milk Quality In Three European Countries
• Defining Acceptable Milk Quality At Time Of Milking
• Evolution of Automated Milking in the USA   
• Grazing: An Animal Welfare Issue For Automatic Milking Farms
• Influence Of Milking Frequencies Of Dairy Cows On Excretion Characteristics Of Antibiotic Residues In Milk
• Implications of the Introduction of Automatic Milking on Dairy Farms: An Extended Integrated EU Project   

Other Conference Information and Proceedings

• Automatic Milking- A Better Understanding- International Symposium Information
  • March 2004, Lelystad, The Netherlands
• International Symposium on Robotic Milking August 2000- conference abstracts
• Automatic Milking- A European project involving 6 countries and 13 partners
• University of Wisconsin
• The Impact Of Automatic Milking On Udder Health
• Udder Health And Milk Quality On Ontario Dairy Farms Utilizing Voluntary Milking Systems