Ocena dojarek i techniki doju w wybranych gospodarstwach regionu lubelskiego

Badania wykazały niezadowalający stan techniczny i higieniczny dojarek oraz niewłaściwą technikę doju. Stwierdzono także pogorszenie się zdrowotności wymion krów, zwłaszcza w ostatnich latach.The assessment of technical and hygienic condition and technique of milking on the selected private and state farms has been carried out for the last 15 years. Technical condition of milking machines was unsatisfactory during that period and practically it has remained at the same level. It was found that eight improvement of pulsators and teat-cup liners was due to the replacement of outdated elements and units by new ones. Statistically only every sixteenth teat-cup cluster (with claw) was technically efficient and every ninth of them was in good hygienic condition. Unsuitable technical and hygienic condition of milking machines and errors of milking technique do not explain violent drop of cow udders wholesomeness in die last decade