It is important for calf health that milk is delivered at the right speed to optimise digestive health and performance.
As a teat ages, the rubber becomes softer and milk flow increases. As a calf approaches weaning the more developed digestive system can manage this slightly increased flow but for young calves, a faster flow impacts health and can result in cross suckling and nutritional scours.

How to use: 
1. Use the yellow training nipple for the first 2 - 7 days before switching to the black Milk Bar Revolution nipple until weaning. 

When to replace:
When we talk about a worn teat, we are referring to drinking speed. Drinking speed and calf health (and subsequent cost reduction) go hand in hand.

The nipple controls the flow for around 140 feeds so replacement depends on how often you use the nipple per day:
2 x day: Around 10 weeks (140 feeds).     3 x day: Around 7 weeks (140 feeds).
4 x day: Around 5 weeks (140 feeds).    5 x day: Around 4 weeks (140 feeds).

It is important to diarise nipple changes as sometimes a worn nipple may not be leaking, but the flow is to fast and the problems Milk Bar is designed to improve start to emerge.

The calves will tell you when the teats have become soft and need replacement. As the milk flow increases they will start to display hyperactive behaviour. As soon as you start to see this, change your teats to prevent the next stage of fast flow which is diarrhoea.

Milk is a difficult substance to clean off of surfaces. You need hot water to remove the fat, but the heat can bake the protein onto the surface. Using warm water to get rid of the protein leaves a film of fat. When fats and proteins stick to the surface of equipment, they form a biofilm, a nutrient-rich layer in which bacteria grow.
The biofilm protects bacteria from the cleaning process and results in equipment that appears clean but has bacteria on the surface. The cleaning process not only needs to remove fat and protein from surfaces but prevent the formation of a biofilm.

Made from renewable, high quality natural rubber, Milk Bar™ Teats are kinder to the environment. Natural rubber absorbs the milk fat and protein which can cause the teats to become softer and start to drip. The milk flow can become faster, decreasing calf performance.

Recommended cleaning: Use Milk Bar™ Detergent, a dishwashing detergent, or any other non-chlorine/ chloride dairy detergent twice a week. Important! Chlorine/chloride based dairy detergents degrade natural rubber which reduces teat performance and voids any warranty.

1. Rinse your teats with water.
2. Use a gentle detergent, following the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not use Chlorine/chloride based dairy detergents!
3. Using a brush, lightly scrub the outside of the teats making sure to bend the teats. By bending the teats, any milk gets pushed back inside the feeder so the detergent can make contact with the inside of the teat wall.
4. Rinse clean.

Milk Bar™ Revolution Training snap on nipples are available in packs of 12 and 100.

900720: 100 per pack

900710: 12 per pack

All Milk Bar Teats are made from a natural rubber with no synthetic or oil based rubber.

NZ Pat Appln 781124 PCT Patent Application PCT/NZ2022/050096 International Patents pending.