On-farm monitoring – Why?

• Larger herds
• Increasing demands with respect to:
- animal health and welfare
On-farm monitoring of milk
- milk quality and consumer safety
parameters
• Limitations regarding personnel: Less
Ole Lind available time, recruitment
DeLaval International AB
P.O. Box 39 • Higher milk yields
SE-147 21 Tumba, Sweden
www.delaval.com

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Supervision and networking
Automatic monitoring

Average Annual Milk Yields of Swedish Cows

On-farm milk analysis – economical
in the Official Milk-Records
opportunities with respect to:
Automatic milking

10000

• Udder health
management
Milk Yield [kg per year]

• Reproduction
Herd

8000
Feeding
insemination
Artificial

6000 • Metabolic disorders

recording

• Feed utilization/nutrition
Milk

4000

• Milk quality
2000
1895 1905 1915 1925 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005 2010
Year • Cow productive lifetime
ECM kg (before 1988 4% Milk; after 1988 ECM, Energy Corrected Milk)
Averaged development 1899 - 2002

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Sampling/measuring level for on-

farm monitoring on milk DeLaval cell counter DCC

Sampling Objectives (Examples)

level Unique concept

Quality Safety Mastitis Metabolic Reproduc- Feeding
disorders tion

Bulk Tank XXX XXX (X) (X) - X

Cow Groups X X (X+) XX (XX) XX

For the first time:

Cow -. - XX XXX XXX XXX

Direct and accurate counting of milk
somatic cells on the farm
Quarter - - XXX - - -

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 Disposable cassette
DCC instrument
• Sampling of milk
• Measuring window (cuvette)
• Technology based upon optical measurements
• Reagent
• Counts each cell directly
• Mixing channels
• Measuring time < 45 seconds
• Storage: > 18 months in sealed bag
• Measuring performance is factory pre-set

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DCC functional principle ‘Fluorescent microscope’, DCC image

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DCC measuring “accuracy”

(DCC vs. Fossomatic) Repeatability and Recovery
(Sarikaya & Bruckmaier, 2004)

DCC vs Fossomatic, single count

6000
y = 0,9553x + 13,787
s y ,x = 149 SCC range 10 – Correlation
76 datapairs
5000 2000 cells/μl
DCC 3, single count (*1000/ml)

4000
Repeatability 40 samples x 2 0.99
measurements
3000

2000
Recovery 6 samples x 5 serial 99,3 ±0,75%
dilutions
(93 – 106 %)
1000

Matrix effects 5 samples x 6 serial >0,99

0
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
dilutions
Fossomatic 18, single count (*1000/ml)

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 Result from the participation of DCC in recent Ring Test
DeLaval database kit DCC

DeLaval database kit DCC

• Storage of SCC data
• possibility to list and print SCC
• Use the data in a professional
way via Herd Management
Software or other calculation
tools
→ Easy way to compare SCC in
bulk milk on day to day basis
→ Easy way to compare SCC on
cow and quarter level over
lactations

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Example of on-line milk somatic cell counting at

100 consecutive individual cow milkings
DCC usage strategies
1400

1270
1264

1264
1257

1257
1256

1256
1251

1251
1248

1248
1247

1246

1246
1240

1240
1238

1238
1235

1235
1200

1234

1234
• Monitor Bulk Milk Somatic Cell Counts (SCC)
1232

1230

1230
1228
1228

1223

1223

1223
1221

1221
1220
1219
1217

1217
1208

1208
1207

1207
1204

1204

1204
1196

1195

1196
1195

1195
1190
1181
1179

1179
1174

1174
1166

1166
1156

1156
1151

1145
1136

1136
1136

1129

1129
regularly (estimate the trend)
1125

1125

1125
1121

1121
1104

1104
1083

1083

1083
1079
1077

1077
1074

1074
1071

1071
1060

1060
1056

1056
1048

1048
1043

1043
1000
1030

1030

1010
1010

976
• Check SCC of individual quarters at calving (from
954

954
945
3-4 days post partum) 800
828
SCC/1000

792

On-line
Yield*10
• Check SCC of individual quarters at drying-off 600
Cow
555

• Check of SCC of individual quarters following

treatment 400

• Check of SCC of individual cows at trading 200

• Check of quarters of mastitis suspicious cows

0
100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200
Milking #

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Somatic cell counts (SCC) in various milk fractions

On-farm, on-line monitoring of milk parameters
throughout milking in relation to quarter composite SCC
(Sarikaya & Bruckmaier, 2005)

1200 Dairy farmer, advisors, breeding

organisation, veterinarian, dairy
1000 plant etc.

800
SCC x1000/ml

Algorithms and
600 biometric models as
Cow ID
basis for advanced herd
400 management

200

0 Milk meter
Milk analysis
Milk
f o r e m ilk c is t e r n a l a lv e o la r I a lv e o la r r e s t sampling

C o l 1 v s I [< 2 0 ]
C o l 1 v s II [2 0 - 5 0 ] Transport
C o l 1 v s I II [ 5 0 - 1 0 0 ]
C o l 1 v s IV [> 1 0 0 ]

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 On-farm, on-line monitoring of milk
parameters – further developments
Biology
• Measuring of LDH, BHB, Progesterone and Urea Algoritms
Research
Applications
• Analysis of data by Bio-models BIOSENS

• Alarms and/or Prediction of Risks

• Recommendations for actions; Standard

Operation Procedures
• Follow-up

Cows
Research facilities

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On-line monitoring of milk

progesterone
Progesterone

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DeLaval Herd Management System Utilization of advanced IT to enable communication link between dairy
farmer and various other bodies for ”local and global access” of data

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Efficient and profitable milk production in the future will
require collective efforts within the dairy community:

• By increased cooperation between milk producers,

veterinarians, researchers, extension agents, dairy
industry, breeding organizations and machine
manufactures
• Locally and globally
• Between partners with professional competences
within each respective area
• In particular by small countries

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