Table 1 Descriptive statistics of total milk yield (TMY, kg), two-minute milk yield (2MIN, kg), milking unit-on time (DUR, s), and time in low milk flow rate (LMF, s), stratified by parity, stage of lactation (DIM), teat-end shape (TES), and milking session in 384 milking observations of 129 cows

12.3

2.3

12.2

5.9–18.5

6.4

2.1

6.3

0.5–11.6

215

61

208

105–427

15

13

11

4–127

15.0

3.7

14.9

4.7–24.9

6.4

2.6

6.3

0.0–12.2

261

68

251

163–455

24

56

11

5–427

14.3

4.9

14.7

2.4–26.2

6.3

2.3

6.4

0.0–12.3

267

90

249

128–546

26

46

12

5–306

14.4

3.8

14.2

5.9–26.2

6.4

2.4

6.3

0.0–12.3

253

83

243

105–546

16

23

12

5–225

14.0

3.2

13.7

6.0–23.1

6.9

2.1

7.0

1.4–12.2

237

75

219

125–455

15

14

11

4–115

12.2

4.4

11.8

2.4–24.4

5.7

2.1

5.7

0.0–9.6

240

76

230

128–438

33

65

12

6–427

14.5

4.6

14.5

5.9–26.2

5.2

1.9

5.3

0.0–10.6

289

101

272

105–527

25

59

13

7–427

13.4

3.8

13.5

6.0–21.7

6.9

2.2

6.8

2.5–12.0

223

68

218

128–393

16

15

11

6–63

13.5

3.8

13.2

2.4–24.9

6.5

2.3

6.7

0.0–12.3

238

72

229

125–546

20

37

11

4–306

15.5

4.2

15.1

2.4–26.2

6.6

2.4

6.7

0.0–12.3

270

81

261

105–546

20

47

11

6–427

11.4

3.1

11.3

2.4–19.5

5.7

2.2

5.7

0.0–11.1

218

66

207

119–523

28

45

13

6–306

14.0

3.3

13.7

5.1–23.8

6.8

2.2

6.8

0.5–12.2

244

79

234

112–496

15

20

11

4–179