Posted 11.9.17
Secure-fastening coloured leg band system identifies milk status of cows.
Dairy Spares is launching the Securit’Milk range of coloured leg bands which fasten securely onto cows’ legs. These colours link into a whiteboard chart system which allows the status of the cow to be easily identified so milking staff can manage the milk accordingly.
The design of the patented Securit’Milk leg bands ensures they will stay fastened around any width of cow leg: the band is threaded through a buckle and then fed back onto a Velcro pad. Bands are re-usable and come in five fluorescent colours: pink, green, orange, yellow and blue.
The Securit’Milk wall chart codes the different coloured leg bands to different situations: pink is for cows under antibiotic treatment; green is for dry cows; yellow denotes colostrum, and orange can be used for ‘problem’ cows. Installing the whiteboard on the wall in the dairy allows everyone who milks cows to record and/or observe the dates for e.g. milk withhold, leg band removal.
A fifth coloured band – blue – is also available and can be used to identify cows with a high cell count, so that extra attention can be given to them in the parlour.
The Securit’Milk leg bands can also be used as an alternative to tail-tape within a farm’s own identification system, to denote whether milk needs to be dumped or cows given special attention.
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