Ephraim Maltz

Ephraim Maltz, Ph.D.
Head Zootechnology Division,
Department of Advanced Technologies and Instrumentation,
Institute of Agricultural Engineering,
A.R.O. The Volcani Center,
P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel

Ephraim spent a sabbatical year at the UW milking lab in 2000-01 working on aspects of teat morphology and physiological measures of teat and cow response to milking.  He remains an active participant in projects related to milking machine-animal interactions with specific application to robot milking.

Fields of Interest
1. Dairy management
2. Sensors for measuring on-line performance variables to incorporate into on-line, real-time management routines
3. Physiology of lactation in relation to thermoregulation and energy, electrolyte, and protein metabolism
4. Milking machine-animal interaction
5. Robot milking