consequences of farmers' interpretation of mastitis alerts in automatic milking
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These are the slides that I used to present research work of Klaske Buma (at that time student Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht University). Klaske has collected data on 7 Dutch farms that used an automatic milking system. She followed the farmers in their interpretation of mastitis alerts. The farmers behaviuor and the consequences of that behaviour are presentedTRANSCRIPT
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Consequences of farmers’ interpretation of mastitis alerts
Klaske Buma, Ruurd Jorritsma en Henk Hogeveen
Leerstoelgroep Bedrijfseconomie, Wageningen UniversiteitDepartement Gezondheidszorg Landbouwhuisideren, Universiteit Utrecht
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Automatic milking: Mean SCC ↑• SCC = MANAGEMENT
– Risk of IMI ↑ = Hygiene milking, housing– Detection of mastitis
• Common• Expensive• Frustration
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Information from milking robot
• Sensor information– Conductivity– Colour– Milk production (24h)– Temperature (MQC 2)– SCC (optional)
• Algorithm → Udder health report– Potential cases of mastitis
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Detection of mastitis by farmer
Check report•Conductivity•Colour•Milk production deviation
•Total number of alerts
•SCC (optional)
Interpret report•Check history alert and/or check alert in the barn
Check history alert•Milkquality•Milk visits•Conductivity chart
Interpret history alert•Check alert in the barn
Check alert in the barn•Check cow•Check udder•Spurt and check milk
•CMT
Interpret check•Mastitis? •Take action!
Take action•Take milk sample
•Treat mastitis
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Objective
• Get insight in the decision model of a farmer to check on alerts from the report
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Material and methods• 7 farms, North Western part of The
Netherlands
• 5 farms visits– Questionnaire– Interview– CMT of all alerts– Milksample and culturing clinical mastitis alerts
• Analysis of data
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Quick glance10 times a day – 2 times a week
Check and interpret alertlist
Check report•Conductivity•Colour•Milk production deviation
•Total number of alerts
•SCC (optional)
Interpret report•Check history alert and/or check alert in the barn
Check history alert•Milkquality•Milk visits•Conductivity chart
Interpret history alert•Check alert in the barn
Check alert in the barn•Check cow•Check udder•Spurt and check milk
•CMT
Interpret check•Mastitis? •Take action!
Take action•Take milk sample
•Treat mastitis
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Check and interpret history alert
Check report•Conductivity•Colour•Milk production deviation
•Total number of alerts
•SCC (optional)
Interpret report•Check history alert and/or check alert in the barn
Check history alert•Milkquality•Milk visits•Conductivity chart
Interpret history alert•Check alert in the barn
Check alert in the barn•Check cow•Check udder•Spurt and check milk
•CMT
Interpret check•Mastitis? Take action!
Take action•Take milk sample
•Treat mastitis
Only when alarmingDefinition of alarming varies between farmers
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Check alert in the barn
• Only 3,5% of the alerts are checked by the farmer!
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Alerts checked by farmer (n=15)
67%
13%
20%
Clinical
Subclinical
Negative CMT
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Alerts checked by researcher
Overview of the checked mastitis alerts
Clinical mastitis Subclinical mastitis Negative CMT Total
Number of individual quarter alerts 30 47 150 227
Number of repeated quarter alerts 9 81 104 194
Total 39 128 254 421
60% 10%
46%
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Checked clinical mastitis
Unchecked clinical mastitis
Subclinical mastitis
26%
74%
100%
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Reasons to check (n=15)
• Combination of:– Milk production decrease alarming– Flakes/clots on milk filter– High conductivity– Failure in milking– History of teat damage– Earlier flakes/clots in milk
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Reasons not to check (n=421)
• No flakes/clots on milk filter28%
• Milk production decrease not alarming19%
• Repeatedly on list10%
• No time10%
• Conductivity level is not alarming 5%• Malfunctioning AMS 4%• Other
24%
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Eye openers
• Selection on milk production deviation (6/7)• None of the farmers uses CMT for detection
subclinical mastitis• Broken sensor → lot of alerts → no repair• Sensitivity <100% - 2 cases clinical mastitis
without alert
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Conclusions
Check report•Conductivity•Colour•Milk production deviation
•Total number of alerts
•SCC (optional)
Interpret report•Check history alert and/or check alert in the barn
Check history alert•Milkquality•Milk visits•Conductivity chart
Interpret history alert•Check alert in the barn
Check alert in the barn•Check cow•Check udder•Spurt and check milk
•CMT
Interpret check•Alarming? Take action
Take action•Take milk sample
•Treat mastitis
60 % of alerts false positive3% of alerts is checked by farmerschecked alerts are often clinical cases74 % of clinical cases is missedHow bad is this?
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