Potential of a quarter individual milking system to reduce the workload in large-herd dairy operations

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 280-291

  Jakob, Martina ^a   Liebers, Falk ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ergonomic solution; Evaluation; Milking; Physical load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMALS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053327680     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2011.605713     Document Type: Article

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