Method of reducing risk of infection of a bovine teat after cessation of milking
View Patent ↗A method of reducing infection of a bovine teat is described. This method may include providing a surfactant for reducing infection of a bovine teat, creating a foam with a mixture of surfactant and compressed gas, extracting milk from the teat of a bovine, and, following cessation of milking the teat, placing the foamed surfactant on the teat from which milk was extracted. In some instances the foamed surfactant may form a bead at an end of the teat. The method may further include using a compressor to compress the gas, leaving the foam on the teat for more than one minute, and using a hand-held teat cup that can massage the teat as the foam is applied.
1. A method of reducing infection of a bovine teat comprising:
providing a surfactant for reducing infection of a bovine teat;
creating a foam with a mixture of surfactant and compressed gas
wherein the foam is created in a hand-held teat cup as the compressed gas and surfactant mixture expands upon being exposed to ambient pressure;
extracting milk from the teat of a bovine; and
following cessation of milking the teat, placing the foamed surfactant on the teat from which milk was extracted.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the foamed surfactant, placed on the teat from which the milk was extracted, forms a bead at an end of the teat.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the compressed gas is supplied by a compressor.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the foamed surfactant placed on the teat remain on the teat for more than one minute.
5. A method of reducing infection of a bovine teat comprising:
providing a surfactant for reducing infection of a bovine teat;
creating a foam with a mixture of surfactant and compressed gas;
extracting milk from the teat of a bovine; and
following cessation of milking the teat, placing the foamed surfactant on the teat from which milk was extracted,
wherein a sphincter of the teat is open when the foamed surfactant is placed on the teat.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the hand-held teat cup contains blade elements that vibrate or oscillate when the teat cup surrounds a teat and foam is being created within the teat cup.
7. A method of reducing infection of a bovine teat comprising:
providing a surfactant for reducing infection of a bovine teat;
creating a foam with a mixture of surfactant and compressed gas;
extracting milk from the teat of a bovine; and
following cessation of milking the teat, placing the foamed surfactant on the teat from which milk was extracted.
wherein the compressed gas is supplied by a compressor,
wherein the compressor supplies compressed gas at more than 80 psi.