Milking Technology & Accessories: Practical Helpers for the Parlour
If an udder quarter is sick or a teat is injured, you cannot milk the cow normally. Special accessories help you separate abnormal milk cleanly, maintain the vacuum of the milking machine, and gently empty affected teats. This stops clotted milk from entering the bulk milk tank and protects your overall milk quality.
Essential Tools for Milking Exceptions
With these helpers, you are prepared for all exceptions in the milking parlour:
- Separate Milk Safely: With a quarter milker, you collect the milk from a sick quarter separately without contaminating the good milk in the main system. Milking buckets are ideal for colostrum or when you need to milk cows away from the parlour.
- Maintain Vacuum Stability: If you cannot milk one quarter, simply insert a milking blind plug into the teat cup. It seals the cluster so the remaining three teats can be milked with full vacuum.
- Protect Sensitive Tissue: For injured teats or narrowed teat canals, milk catheters are incredibly useful. They drain the milk without further irritating the sensitive tissue with the pulsation of the machine.
Frequently Asked Questions
When do I need a milk catheter?
When a teat is so badly injured that the milking cluster causes pain, or when the teat canal is completely swollen shut. The catheter keeps the canal open and lets the backed-up milk drain gently from the udder.
How do I use a quarter milker?
You simply connect the quarter milker between the teat cup of the sick quarter and the milking system. The system's vacuum is fully maintained, but the bad milk collects in the extra container and does not mix with the good milk.
Reliable Accessories for Daily Milking Routines
Things don't always go perfectly to plan in the barn. An injured teat or abnormal milk in a quarter requires immediate action. In our range, you will find robust accessories that save your work in these moments. Whether you need to safely collect colostrum, stabilize the vacuum of your cluster with a blind plug, or relieve a badly injured teat with a sterile catheter – we have the right, field-tested helpers for you so that milking can proceed swiftly even when exceptions occur.