Chronic Mastitis in Cows
Mastitis is an inflammation of the udder. It’s a fairly regularly occurring disease in dairy cows. Chronic Mastitis is when the condition recurs. The udder is like the tires of our car. When we move from A to B … Continued
Maximising udder health for improved herd performance through dynamic testing
Preliminary results from an EIP Wales project are indicating that the biggest impact on improving the function of the milking parlour and enhancing udder health, lies with identifying and rectifying overmilking. Four dairy farmers in Carmarthenshire with an average herd … Continued
Dynamic Test Reduces Mastitis and Antibiotic Use
High cell counts in cows as they were drying off had been an issue for Huw Morgan and his family, farming in the Towy Valley. The pattern had become deep seated in their 150 British Friesian x Jersey cows herd … Continued
Dynamic Milking Parlour Test
It’s all in a day’s work, but you’d expect a vet to be almost exclusively concerned with four legged clients. Yet when it comes to mastitis in the dairy herd, the complexities are such that it’s as important to check … Continued