2-Title: Time study of milking operations in an organised dairy farm
Authors: B Nageswara Reddy, MV Dharma Rao, B Rangamma and B Punya Kumari
Source: Ruminant Science (2023)-12(2):191-196.

Abstract

How to cite this manuscript: Reddy B Nageswara, Rao MV Dharma, Rangamma B and Kumari B Punya (2023). Time study of milking operations in an organised dairy farm. Ruminant Science 12(2):191-196.
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to know the time taken to perform milking operations in the dairy farm of Livestock Research Station, Mahanandi, Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh. The time spent on milking operations was recorded under pre-milking operations, milking operations and post-milking operations which took 4.80±0.16, 3.88±0.05 and 3.44±0.12 man-minutes per animal per session, respectively. The mean milk yield per milking was 1.30±0.03 kg. Based on the results, it was concluded that mean time required for performing milking operations was 12.01±0.29 man-minutes per animal per session or 24.02±0.58 man-minutes per animal per day and there was no significant difference between the time taken for milking operations as a whole in morning and evening.
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