FMA - Farm Milk Analyzer

With FMA, you can get the following information from your milk samples:

Fat

Protein

Lactose

Energy

Dry matter

Energy corrected milk factors

Indication of mastitis

A new instrument with IR features is available even at the farm level
With FMA, it is now possible to analyze non-homogenized milk even at the farm level. This little, robust instrument without any moving parts, designed for use in demanding environments are attributes that describe the FMA. The instrument embodies an analysis technique that is a combination of established mid IR technology and a patent pending innovation from Miris AB. With the MIRIS Farm Milk Analyzer, the analysis is made without chemicals. FMA can be a stand-alone instrument or integrated into the management system. The accuracy of the FMA is totally adequate to serve as a management tool in dairy production. Several components in milk are analyzed at the same time. The results are presented within 60 seconds directly on the instrument display or in the management system computer.

A new management tool for milk production
The amount and composition of the milk must be considered when calculating a dairy cow’s energy requirements. With an analytical instrument available at the farm level, you have a practical management tool for effective and optimal feeding of dairy cows. With FMA, you can analyze milk as often as you wish and then adjust the feed ratios. FMA is a robust management tool for optimal steering of production. Both the dairy farmer and farm adviser can use the FMA regularly.

Indicator for mastitis
A simple-to-use indicator for mastitis at the cow level is available in the program module, MASTITIS. The possibility to detect udder health disorders at an early stage are of monumental value both from economic and production perspectives. The foremilk is usually inspected visually at every milking to detect udder health disorders. If the milk in one udder quarter is different from milk in the others, that quarter is already affected. Another way to determine udder health is to analyze the milk for its composition and somatic cell counts. Earlier, the only way to analyze milk was to send samples to a laboratory. FMA is an easy-to-use and robust instrument that gives the dairy farmer the possibility to analyze milk at home on the farm.

How does FMA indicate mastitis?
Each udder quarter is separated from the others membranes that under normal conditions prevent milk from passing between the quarters. All quarters are assumed to produce milk with the same composition. The blood flow is the same for all four quarters so that everything affecting the cow also affects the four quarters to the same degree. To follow-up udder health, samples should be taken from each quarter. An inflamed udder quarter produces less milk while the others produce normally or possibly more, compensating for the lower milk production in the inflamed quarter. The milk from the inflamed quarter becomes watery. This means that samples taken at the pooled udder level have little diagnostic value, especially if the inflammation is not advanced. Therefore, all quarters should be compared in the same cow. The lactose content in milk is considered a reliable indicator of udder health disorders and this has been confirmed in a number of scientific studies. The lactose content decreases noticeably as the inflammation advances. The reduction of the lactose content is most striking when the udder quarters are compared.

Benefits of FMA
Analyzing the milk directly after milking offers the dairy farmer the opportunity to act appropriately in every individual case.

FMA gives you the benefit of knowing!

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FMA Basic
FMA Advanced

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