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Mark Curry (989) 984-7027 — Route Services and Sales Sue Palen (989) 277-0480 — Office Manager, Products Manager Greg Palen (989) 277-6031 — "aAa" Approved Analyzer, Certified Seed Specialist
In the mating of cows to "balance" physical structure, there is a great opportunity to develop more uniform udder construction — shape, teat placement, and pelvic housing. Milking systems work best when you can achieve the following five qualities:
Level — Floor to the Udder
aAa #6 Style: Keeps all nerve fiber, ligament and cartilage structures more substantial. Besides the center ligament linear shows, there are also lateral ligaments — all anchored to pelvic bones. Move the thurl to the center of the pelvic bones and the rump will be level, supporting levelness in the entire udder (avoiding high pins that are caused by a forward-tipping pelvis).
Elastic — Texture to the Udder
aAa #2 Tall: Related to natural BST, this keeps adolescent growth rates efficient, avoiding body fat storage in the wrong places (around kidneys, around the uterus, and inside mammary tissue) so that the udder avoids becoming heavy ("meaty") and is able to milk down to a "rag." "Tall" lifting of the skeleton arches the flank and thigh muscles so the udder is higher off the ground.
Full — Rear Udder Capacity
aAa #1 Dairy: The frame develops a "wedge" shape, with broader hips. As the udder forms, it takes on a "fuller" shape in the rear quarters. As milk production ideally comes 60% from the rear quarters and 40% from the fore quarters, full rear udder capacity means more milk ability.
aAa #3 Open: It is not enough to have broad hips — it is also desirable to have wide thurls and pins that do not curve inward. This creates more "room" for a maturing udder to stay up out of harm's way and to avoid fore teats being forced to the outer edge of the quarters.
Square — Teat Placement
aAa #5 Smooth: Sets teats centrally under each quarter, to be an effective funnel for milk flow. Helps to shorten excessively long teats and blunt ends of teats for sphincter protection.
aAa #1 Dairy: Dairy stimulates hormone production so that four teats get formed of equal size. Once milking, Dairy stimulates the production of oxytocin for milk letdown.
Strong — Udder Tissue
aAa #4 Strong: Heftier mammary tissue helps keep teats "plumb." Strong circulation helps to remove toxins and inflammation from the udder. 286 pounds of blood circulate through the udder for every pound of milk she makes, so the size and power in the heart is important.
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