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1 Milk recording in the Slovak Republic The Breeding Services of the Slovak Republic, s.e. Director: Ing. Štefan Ryba

2 Prešov Košice Slovak Republic Bratislava Žilina Trenčín Capital City: Bratislava Official language: slovak Formation: January 1st, 1993 Neigbours: Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Austria Area: total km² (126.) water (%) 931 km² (1.9 %) Population: estimation(109.miesto) census (2001) density 110,2 /km² (67.) Trnava Currency: euro (EUR) Nitra B. Bystrica

3 Name of organization: The Breeding Services of the Slovak Republic, s.e. Residence: Starohájska 29, Bratislava Department / founder: Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic Form of management: state enterprise Contact: phone: 02 / , fax: 02 / pssrba@pssr.sk Director: Ing. Štefan Ryba

4 THE BREEDING SERVICES SR S.E. B R A T I S L A V A, ORGANIZATIONAL SCHEME The Breeding Services SR s.e. BS SR s.e. director s department Personnel department Section of the control and complains Director s secretariat Attorney Receiving department and filing center Cattle, sheep and goat performance recording dep. Pigs, poultry, ostriches and emu performance dep. Economic department Information system and financing section Economic and salaries section Economic administration and car transport section SBF Žilina BSF head dep. ADP dep. FACR dep. CLMA dep. SBF Nitra Training and technical center Genetic laboratory RC Dun. Streda RC Nitra RC Topoľčany RC Trnava RC B. Bystrica RC L. Mikuláš RC Žilina RC Košice RC Prešov

5 Map of the Slovak Republics with BS SR s.e. Regional centers Headquarters Regional centers Local offices

6 Co-operating organizations Breeding Inspection of the SR International Organizations Research and science State Veterinary and Food Service of the SR Ministry of Agriculture of the SR Bratislava University of Agriculture All companies Breeders Associations The Breeding Services of the SR, s.e.

7 Data exchange

8 Development in the numbers of farm animals in the Slovak Republic 300, , , , , , , , , , ,000 50,000 76,890 62,012 44,454 0 y.2006 y.2007 y.2008 n.cows n.ewes n.sows

9 Trends in number of integrated animals in performance recording percentage y.2006 y.2007 y.2008 cattle sheep pigs

10 Electronic farmer s access to the milk recording data I. Last milk analyses II. Archive of results III. Somatic cells IV. Milk analyses of urea

11 Electronic farmer s access to the milk recording data I. Last milk analyses

12 Herd analyses for the control period 1.lactation number % cows Ø number Milk Fat % Protein F:P Urea days lact. cows days lact. KG % SCC SSC ,09 24,14 21,60 4,38 3,08 1,42 718,62 5, ,77 68,95 28,94 3,46 3,15 1,10 117,41 3,23 28, ,81 147,10 28,40 3,94 3,43 1,15 131,55 3,40 30, ,85 263,48 21,43 4,25 3,74 1,14 104,63 3,07 29,00 NAD ,49 389,06 18,02 4,23 3,67 1,15 580,60 5,54 Ø ,00 178,55 23,68 4,05 3,42 1,19 330,56 4,72 Milk kg, 1. lactation kg Total lactations KG NAD305 Days of lactation 40,00 30,00 20,00 10,00 0, NAD305 Days of lactation

13 Herd analyses for the control period Trend SCC- 1. lactation Trend SCC- Total lactations SCC NAD305 SCC SCC NAD305 SCC Days of Lactation Days of Lactation Milk kg, 1. lactation Milk kg SSC NAD305 Days of lactation

14 ADVISORY PROTOCOL SOMPROT Interpretation of individual somatic cell counts in the milk in milk recording A results from udder health recording Risky cows milk yield (number of cows) in sampling day: kg Total milk yield (number of cows) in sampling day: kg Annotations: Xa = arithmetic mean from all values S = sum Xg = geometric mean from all values Notice 1: P = warning previous risky lactation Notice 2: M = suspicious lactation infectious and subclinical I = suspicious lactation non-specific due to stress from disturbing interventions N = suspicious lactation non-specific due to stress from insufficient energetic nutrition Z = healthy udder Notice 3: T = recommended treatment in lactation Notice 4: O = recommended treatment in drying off

15 ADVISORY PROTOCOL SOMPROT Interpretation of individual somatic cell counts in the milk in milk recording B estimation of milk losses due to current udder health status C calculation of risky cows from whole number of sampled cows from m milk supply point of view Annotations: IPSN individual SCC RC risky cows Calculations are made for two milk quality limits top and standard D list of suspicious cows with the highest estimation of milk losses F - List of cows suggested for anti-mastitis treatment Recommendation:

16 ADVISORY PROTOCOL SOMPROT Interpretation of individual somatic cell counts in the milk in milk recording G List of cows suggested for preferential preventive anti-mastitis treatment in drying off: Recommendation: H Trend herd summaries: Health trends probable interpretation: Recommendation:

17 ADVISORY PROTOCOL SOMPROT Interpretation of individual somatic cell counts in the milk in milk recording Relative SCC histogram: End of protocol

18 ADVISORY PROTOCOL UREAPROT For evaluating nutrition level with method UREAKVANT - UREAPROT Temporarily economically more important cows: # Cow with above-average milk production! # Cow with above-average A -2) Annotations milk production and imbalanced nutrition

19 ADVISORY PROTOCOL UREAPROT For evaluating nutrition level with method UREAKVANT - UREAPROT N = lack high fault frequency in nutrition P = surplus - high fault frequency in nutrition C) Possible influence of the found status on milk production and recommendations: 1.Influence of the found status on milk production 2.Recommendations for improving of the found faults

20 MONTHLY REPORT Company: Page: Control month: Farm: Date of sampling: Cow ID Herdbook Date of calving F:P / % of reliability SPI Sire - state register Lactat. number Product. Level Lactation course - daily yeald in kg of milk Lactation calculation Last 2 samplings 100, 200 and 305 days lactations SCC * 1000 (last 2 cont.) Lact. JanuaryFebruar March April May June Days Fat % Protein %Fat %- 1 Fat %- 2 Days Fat % Protein % Prev. SCC - 1 Change July August Septembe Octob er NovembeDecembeMilk kg Fat kg Protein kprotein %Protein %Milk kg Fat kg Protein kg Prev. SCC - 2 Inactiv at. Code SK ,1 31,6 20,8 24, ,62 3,02 3,37 5, ,15 2, ,5 44, MAS-011 E * 24,1 34, ,32 3, SK * 40,0 41,6 33,4 19, ,09 3,07 3,15 2, ,48 3, ,3 43, BEL-017 ER ,11 3, F:P

21 Milk fat to protein ratio 1,80 1,60 1,40 1,20 1,00 0,80 0,60 0,40 0,20 0,00 ketosis ketózy acidózy acidosis LD LD LD LD

22 Wplemservis for cattle

23 Wplemservis for cattle Milk Fat Protein

24 Wplemservis for cattle

25 Wplemservis for cattle 1

26 Thank you for your attention BS SR, s.e. Bratislava, Starohájska 29, Bratislava Slovak Republic

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