Milk production can be assessed in TotalVet, as part of an investigation into nutrition, management and environment.
An example chart on the right plots the average lactation curves for cows in lactation 1, 2, 3 or >3 by month of lactation. In this example, milk yield in kilos is shown, but users could also view fat or protein (kg or %), or Somatic Cell Count.
In this example, the milk yield is very flat for months 1-4 of lactation. There is no obvious peak in production which usually occurs around 50-80 days in milk. This suggests something is going wrong with nutrition on farm, which warrants further investigation. For example, this could reflect inadequate dietary energy, or lack of available feedspace.
