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DairyPost Africa • May 2014
Yard balance, according of the prescribed
nutrient comparison.
The plant nutrients which are withdrawn
from the basic fodder production must be
monitored through samples of soil and
farmland.
2. Monitoring of feed
Only individual components may be used
in milk production feed, these components
should be in a list of organisations for cattle
breeding and every farmer should have
access to this datas.
3. Milk research
Nationwide research would be the choice
to support farmers in problem solving and
trouble shooting with services as:
Milk testing on cows in yield and chemical
parameters
Inhibitor test of each individual milk
collecting can, or truck
Alphatoxine monitoring
Heavy metal analysis
Milk yield and quality
1 x per month each milk is checked on
• Amount of milk per cow tested on site
• Milk fat
• Milk protein
• Somatic cells
• Total bacteria count
• Fat free dry matter
Inhibitor test of cans and collection vehicle
Inhibitors are residues of antibiotics,
sulfonamides and other medicines that are
transferred into the milk and can lead to
acidification problems in the milk processing
plant on sourmilk products and cheese.
Inhibitors meanwhile can be detected in
lowest concentrations. If a positive milk is
detected by the lab of the processing plant,
the milk is disposed, because it can lead to
health problems, if the milk products are
eaten by consumers.
Due to newest lab technology even lowest
amounts of alfatoxine and others can be
detected and tracked back to the farmer
within a time of 24 hours.
Milkotester with results on processed milk for skim milk quark, fat 0,9 % !