Hygiene procedures before, during and after cow milking

Hristov, Slavča and Stanković, Branislav and Samolovac, Ljiljana and Ostojić Andrić, Dušica and Nakov, Dimitar (2023) Hygiene procedures before, during and after cow milking. Archives of Veterinary Medicine, 16 (1). pp. 5-15. ISSN 1820-9955

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Abstract

In this review paper, hygienic procedures before, during and after cow milking are discussed. Th e procedures for maintaining hygienic ud�ders before and aft er milking, as well as maintaining the hygiene of milking units are described. Th e description includes the maintenance of milker’s hand hygiene, udder disinfection and udder disinfection aft er milking. It is pointed out that these milking procedures should be carried out in a clean
environment and without any disturbance to cows. In addition, the need to control the implementation of these hygiene measures is emphasized. A proper way of carrying out the hygienic procedures essentially contributes
to reduction of the number of microorganisms and the number of somatic cells in milk, the frequency of occurrence of mastitis, which signifi cantly affects quality of milk and health of milking cows.
Key words: dairy cows, milking hygiene, premilking procedures, post�milking procedures

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Agricultural Sciences > Veterinary science
Divisions:	Faculty of Agriculture
Depositing User:	Dimitar Nakov
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2023 09:22
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 09:22
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/32193

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