Milk yield is easy to measure, but analysing milk quality is typically dependent on monthly milk recording and/or tests carried out by the milk purchaser.
In both cases, the information obtained will be several days out of date by the time the results have been received. Assessing milk quality at each milking has previously been prohibitively time-consuming and expensive, but there is now a new way to achieve daily milk analysis which does not require any additional labour capacity.
In addition to measuring rumination frequency and duration to assess the general well-being of dairy cattle and activity patterns to identify the tell-tale signs of heat events, the SenseHub Ecosystem from MSD Animal Health also enables herd managers to gain an improved understanding of their herd's milk quality at every milking.
MONITORS
Two in-line milk monitors, both of which are compatible with any type or make of milking parlour, assess a range of key parameters as each individual cow is being milked.
The SenseHub Dairy In-Line MilkPlus Sensor monitors critical milk data, such as yield, fat, protein, lactose, blood and conductivity. Meanwhile, the SenseHub Dairy In-Line Somatic Cell Count Sensor provides individual somatic cell count (SCC) results within two minutes of the start of milking.
REPORTS
Data from these sensors is automatically displayed as easy-to-understand graphs and reports in the SenseHub app, which makes it simple for herd managers to keep a close eye on milking trends and milk quality of individual cows. Animals can also be monitored on a group basis to guide longer term herd management decisions.
For farmers who want access to the milk quality insights offered by the MilkPlus and SCC sensors (plus the ability to control a SenseHub automatic sorting gate), but do not want to monitor for heat and health, the SenseHub Dairy system is compatible with Allflex Livestock Intelligence's Electronic Identification (EID) eartags. This entry-level EID-based package is available via the new SenseHub Essential application plan and provides farmers with the option to upgrade to the wider SenseHub Ecosystem at any point in the future.
To find out more about the SenseHub Essential plan, please call the SenseHub team on 01207 265 840, or email us at [email protected]
SenseHub is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease in animals. For the diagnosis, treatment, cure or prevention of disease in animals, you should consult your veterinarian. The accuracy of the data collected and presented through this product is not intended to match that of medical devices or scientific measurement devices.
For more information, visit http://msd-animal-health-hub.co.uk/farmers/livestock-monitoring
