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Proceedings
The complete
proceedings of the first North American Conference
on Precision Dairy Management are available either
as a book at a cost of $45CAD plus
HST and shipping, or on CD
at $25CAD plus HST and shipping. To order
contact: Carol Anne Pinkney
capinkney@sentex.ca
Conference Proceedings
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Session 1:
Introduction to Precision Dairy
Farming |
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Precision Dairy Farming: Advanced Analysis
Solutions for Future Profitability
Jeffrey Bewley
Benchmarking Financial and Production
Progress Allows More Effective Decisions
Bill Grexton
Labour Costs on Ontario Dairy Farms and
Their Implications for Precision
Technologies
Jack Rodenburg and Brian Lang
Using Automated Internet Systems in Milk
Quality Monitoring
Mark Kinsel
and Jeffrey Reneau
WASP Wireless Sensing Concept for Next
Generation Herd Control
Pieter
Hogewerf, Kees Lokhorst, Rudi de Mol and
Bert Ipema
DeLaval Herd Navigator®:
Proactive
Herd Management
Fernando Mazeris
Huge Potential in Data from AMS from a
Breeder’s Perspective
Uffe Lauritsen and Anders Fogh
Economic Benefits of Individual Cow
Management
Henk Hogeveen,
Chaidate Inchaisri
and Wilma Steeneveld
Reasons for Slow Adoption Rates of Precision
Dairy Farming Technologies: Evidence
from a Producer Survey
Jeffrey
Bewley and Rebecca Russell
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Session 2:
Housing and Management Strategies for
Robotic Milking
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Design Criteria for the Ideal Robotic
Milking Barn
Jack Rodenburg, Nico Vreeburg, BertJan
Westerlaan, Wiebe Veenstra and Jouni
Pitkaranta
Planning of Large Scale Farms with Robotic
Milking Systems
Jan Harms and
Georg Wendl
Automatic Milking in Pastoral Dairy Systems
Jenny Jago and Jennie Burke
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Session
3: Robotic Milking |
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Automatic Milking - Common Practice on Dairy
Farms
Kees de Koning
Economics of Small Scale Dairy Farms Having
Robotic Milking
Anna-Maija Heikkilä, Leena Vanninen and Esa
Manninen
Understanding the Lying Behaviour Patterns
of Cows Milked in Automated Systems
Trevor DeVries, Kenneth Leslie, Herman Barkema, Jack Rodenburg, Guy Seguin
Comparison of Protocols to Estimate 24 Hour
Percent Fat and Protein
Karen Hand, D.
Lazenby, F. Miglior, and David Kelton
Methods to Estimate 24-hour Yields for Milk,
Fat and Protein in Robotic Milking Herds
Karen Hand, D. Lazenby, E. Bohlsen, David
Kelton, F. Miglior and
K. Lissemore
Robotic Milking of Buffalos: a Preliminary
Survey on Milking Capacity of Automatic
Milking Systems
Francesco M. Tangorra,
A. Pazzona, L. Murgia, P. Moroni, S.
Leonardi, M. Caria and V. Bronzo
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Session
4:
Dairy
Calf Management and Feeding |
Evaluation of Calf Growth Fed Milk Replacer
in Individual Stalls or in Group Pens with Automatic Feeders
Kathleen
Shore and Andre Roy |
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Evaluating Calf Health in Group Housing
Kathleen
Shore and Andre Roy
Predicting Sleep and Lying Time of Calves
with a Support Vector Machine Classifier
Using Accelerometer Data
Matti Pastell,
Petro Tamminen, Ann-Helena Hokkanen, Johannes
Tiusanen and Laura Hänninen
Benefits, Function and Operation of
Computer-Controlled Calf Feeders
Markus Käck and
Jan Ziemerink
Brix Refractometers for Assessment of
Colostrum Quality
Vivianne Bielmann,
Jennifer Gillan, Andy Skidmore, Sandra
Godden and Ken Leslie
Effects of Free-Access Feeding and Milk
Replacer Acidification on Calf Performance
and Development of Digestive Anatomy
Cynthia Todd,
T. DeVries, K. Leslie, J. Sargeant, K.
Shore, N. Anderson and
S. Millman
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Session 5:
Reproduction |
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Heat Detection: Trends and
Opportunities
Jeff Durkin\
Optimal Timing of Insemination Using
Activity Collars
Doron Bar
Reproductive Management and Performance Can
Be Improved by Use of DeLaval Herd
Navigator®
Jens Yde Blom and Carsten Ridder
Precision Management on Two Dutch Dairy
Farms by Use of DeLaval Herd Navigator®
Nico Vreeburg
Automated Daily Body Weight Measurements in
Dairy Cattle: What Can We Do with Them?
Michael van Straten,
Nahum Y Shpigel, Michael Friger
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Session 6: Dairy
Cattle Health |
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Challenges
and Opportunities for Technology to Improve
Dairy Health Management
Stephen LeBlanc
A New Method of Analyzing Daily Milk Production
and Electrical Conductivity to Predict
Disease Onset
Jeffrey Reneau, Joanna Lukas, and Richard
Wallace
Walking Acceleration Patterns as a Method for Lameness
Detection
Matti Pastell,
Núria Chapinal,
L. Hänninen,
L Munksgaard, J. Rushen, and A.M. de
Passillé
Automated Methods for the Detection of Lameness and
Analgesia
Núria Chapinal,
A.M. de Passillé, J. Rushen and S. Wagner
HOBO® Pendant™ G Acceleration Data Loggers: Adding Precision to the Assessment of Cow Comfort in Tie-Stall Operations
Paisley Canning and Neil Anderson
Validation of a New Pedometry System for Behavioural
Research and Lameness Detection in Dairy
Cattle
Janet Higginson, Suzanne Millman, Ken
Leslie, David Kelton
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Skin Lesions on Legs
and Neck in Dairy Cattle in Free Stall
Housing in Norway
Olav Østerås, Camilla Kielland, Lars Erik
Ruud, Knut Bøe, and Adroaldo Zanella
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Session 8:
Mastitis Control and Milk Quality |
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Sensors and Milk Quality - The Quest for the
Perfect Alert
Henk Hogeveen,
C. Kamphuis, W. Steeneveld
and H. Mollenhorst
Improving Automatic Detection of Abnormal Milk
Erwin Mollenhorst, Claudia
Kamphuis, Wilma Steeneveld and Henk Hogeveen
Automatic Detection of Clinical Mastitis in
Astronaut A3 Milking Robot
Rik van der Tol and
Xiangyu
Song
Quarter Individual Milking in Conventional Milking
Parlours
Ulrich Ströbel,
Sandra
Rose-Meierhöfer and Hülya Öz
Automatic Milking Systems: A Dutch Study on
Risk Factors for Udder Health
Kees DeKoning,
Francesca Neijenhuis and Henk Hogeveen
Field Evaluation of the Patho Proof Mastitis PCR Assay
for the Detection of
Staphylococcus aureus Infected Cows Using
DHI Samples
Charlotte Friendship, David Kelton, Deb van
de Water, Durda Slavic and Mikko Koskinen
Behavioural Changes of Dairy Cows During
Drying-Off Using Abrupt Cessation of Milking
Kimberley Painter,
Elise Tatone and Ken Leslie
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Session 9:
Novel Technologies for In-Barn
Application |
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Novel Technologies: Sensors, Data and Precision
DairyFarming
Ephraim Maltz
Use of RFID Ear Tags in Dairy Herd
Management in Canada
Blair Murray, Jack Rodenburg, Ian Rumbles
and Jeromy TenHag
A Novel Method of
Monitoring Mobility of Dairy Cows
Toby Mottram and Nick Bell
Use of Milk Lactose
Concentration as an Indicator of Mastitis
Following the Validation of a
Novel In-Line Milk Analysis System Designed
to Measure Milk Components
Hayden
Karp
and Christina Petersson-Wolfe
The Why and How of Robotic Slat Cleaners
Harold
House
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Session 11:
Automation in Feeding and Nutrition |
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The Use of Precision Dairy Farming in Feeding and
Nutrition
Robert Meijer and
Kees
Peeters
Precision Animal
Nutrition: The Role of Portable NIR on the
Farm
John Foley, Alberto Barbi, Eric Eden, Michael Jerred, Anand
Giri and James DeMatteo
Health and Production
Characteristics for a Dynamic Feeding Model
Tom Vanholder, Peter Kool and Patrick van der Tol
Precision Feeding: NIR
Online for Improving TMR Consistency
Alberto Barbi, Andrea Ghiraldi, Manuela Manzoli and Paolo
Berzaghi
New Feeding Strategy:
Individual Total Mixed Ration Based on Metabolic State
Tom Vanholder
and
Cees Jan Hollander
Automated BCS Scoring
System Using Template Matching by Bayesian
Sequential Hypothesis
S. Velmurugan, Santanu Chaudhury and Subrat Kar
Rumination Collars:
What Can They Tell Us
Doron Bar
and Ran Solomon
Is a Lifetime Rumen Monitoring Bolus Possible?
Toby Mottram
Recent Studies Using a Reticular Bolus
System for Monitoring Dairy Cattle Core Body
Temperature
Jeffrey Bewley and Michael
Schutz
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Poster Only
Presentations
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The
Use of Body Temperature to Detect Estrus and
Predict Optimal Time of Insemination
Erwin Mollenhorst,
Gerard Griffioen, Mirjam Nielen and Tine van
Werven
Mathematical Modeling of Vacuum Related Variables in Conventional Milking
Systems Using Response Surface Methodology
Ulrich Ströbel,
Hülya Öz,
Sandra Rose-Meierhöfer, Adnan Degirmencioglu,
Hamdi Bilgen and Reiner Brunsch
A Field Study on Teat-end Vacuum in
Different Milking Systems and its Effect on
Teat Condition
Angelika Haeussermann
and
Eberhard Hartung
Relationship Among Locomotion Score of Dairy
Cows and Their Feed Intake and Milk
Production and Fertility
Mojmír Vacek, Zuzana Najmanová, Luděk
Stádník and Marta Kubešová
Time Series Analysis of Live Weight as
Health Indicator
Rik
van der Tol and
Arjen van der Kamp
Clinical Effects and Economic Benefit of
an Internal Teat Sealant Administered at
Dry-Off
Paul Baillargeon and Stephen LeBlanc
Support Services to Precision Dairy Farming,
Based on Data Sharing Between Collective
Cattle Data Bases and Computerized Milking
Systems
René Rognant, Christophe Lecomte and
Béatrice Balvay
The
Change of the Height of the Ration on Trough
in a Free-Stall Barn
Shigeru Morita,
Taihei
Shimada, Marina Nakaya, Shinji Hoshiba and
Seiichi Tani
Overview of the Development of an Advanced
Precision Feeding System for the Dairy
Industry
Steven Sawell,
G. Folkema, E. Vale, P. Luimes and W.
Anderson
Precision Calf
Feeding: History, Components, Potential
Markus Käck
The Kempen Feeding System
William
Woodley
Acquisition and Assessment of Teat Cup
Cluster Vacuum Records in Milking Time Tests
Odd Rønningen
Money Hidden in the Dairy
Farm
Udi
Golan
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Producer Panel |
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Technology: Keep it Simple to Make it Work
Thomas Wynker
Pilgrim
Dairy’s Experiences with Robotic Milking and
Other Precision Technologies
Poul DeGier
Precision Management on Hemdale Farm
Dale Hemminger and Pete Maslyn
Automatization on Prins Family Farm
A.M. (Bram) Prins
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