@conference {41903,
	title = {Effect of an extended milking interval on recovery of milk yield and somatic cell count in dairy cows},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {66},
	year = {2006},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {241-244},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Napier},
	abstract = {The objective of the study was to determine whether lactation could be re-initiated after several days without milking. Thirty-six cows in mid lactation were subjected to a single period without milking of either 2, 4 or 7 days. Following these periods twice daily milking resumed. Two days after resumption of twice daily milking, milk yield was depressed to 92, 80 and 51\% of pre-treatment (twice a day milking) rates in the 2, 4 and 7-day treatments. The 2- and 4-d treatments achieved pre-treatment milk yields 3 and 4 days after the resumption of milking, respectively. The 7-d treatment failed to achieve pre-treatment yields in this time period. However, 6 days after the resumption of twice-daily milking there was no difference in average milk yield between the 3 groups. Following the resumption of milking, SCC exceeded 2 million cells/ml for the first day in all treatments. Within 3 days the SCC for the 2 and 4-day treatments were below the 400, 000 cells/ml penalty threshold. However, it took five days milking to achieve this level for the 7-day treatment. The results indicate that successful lactations can be re-established after up to 7 days without milking in mid-lactation, with minimal carry-over effects on milk yield for the rest of the lactation. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Dalley DE and Davis SR}
}
