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Dairy Farming: Milk Production, Dairy Breeds, and Milking Process, Slides of Biology

Banaras Hindu UniversityBiology

An overview of milk as the oldest agricultural industry, its care and contamination concerns, various dairy breeds, and the milking process. Learn about popular dairy breeds like holstein, jersey, guernsey, ayrshire, and brown swiss, and the importance of high-quality feed, milking techniques, and antibiotics in dairy farming.

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Milk

  • Most wholesome & complete food
  • Oldest agricultural industry
    • dates back 7,000 years

Dairy Breeds

  • Holstein : most popular breed in U.S.
    • largest breed
    • most milk production
    • lowest butterfat in milk
    • black & white
  • Jersey : smallest breed , light brown color
    • least milk
    • most butterfat
    • fat on meat is yellow (butterfat)

Holstein (Dairy)

Dairy Breeds

  • Guernsey : milk is yellower due to high content of carotene
  • Ayrshire : newest breed, looks like Holstein but red & white - good foragers
  • Brown Swiss : oldest breed, dual purpose breed (meat & milk)

Guernsey (Dairy)

Brown Swiss (Dairy)

Milking

  • Dairy cows require lots of high quality feed, lots of concentrates & water
  • Dairies milk 2-3 times / day
    • udder is washed & dried
    • primed by hand
    • milking machine pipes milk to a cooling tank
    • dip teats in iodine to disinfect & close sphincter muscle

Milking

  • Calves are usually not allowed to nurse from their mother - bottle fed colostrum, then milk replacer or cows milk