Zvoleyko D. Effect of different types of milking machines on the process of milk flow, productivity of cows

The object of the study: the cow's milk yield process, the study of the animals physiological status, milk quality, milking mode, ergonomic evaluation of milking machines. The subject of the study: cows milking technology, milking operation, the Ukrainian black and white dairy and Holstein cattle breeds, milking machines. Methods: zootechnical, physiological zoohygienic, bacteriological, ergonomic and ethological, biometric, economic. The scientific novelty of the results: for the first time in Ukraine the major zootechnological and physiological regularities of different milking systems were found, including the milking robot. The practical value of the results consists in the scientific and practical recommendations development for existing Ukrainian milking systems improving to provide basic aspects of the milking process and their ergonomics.