R. Bras. Zootec.01/Apr/2006;35(2):428-34.

Effect of milking frequency on production of crossbred holstein-zebu cows

José Reinaldo Mendes Ruas, Felipe Zandonadi Brandão, José Monteiro da Silva Filho, Álan Maia Borges, Bruno Campos de Carvalho, Arismar de Castro Menezes, Reginaldo Amaral, Alberto Marcatti Neto

DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982006000200013

This trial was conducted to study the effects of daily milking frequency on milk yield, duration of lactation, incidence of mastitis, and calves body weight gain. Sixty-three crossbred Holstein-Zebu cows were equally and randomly assigned to three experimental groups according to the frequency of daily milkings as follows: once a day milking, twice a day milking, or alternating once or twice a day milking every 14 days. The duration of lactation, mammary gland health, and calf production did not differ among treatments in this study. However, cows milked twice a day yielded 24.54% more milk per lactation (699.9 kg) compared to the other milking regimes.

Effect of milking frequency on production of crossbred holstein-zebu cows

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