Magazine on Mastitis and Milk quality for the dairy professional
Text: Brian Pocknee The 32nd British Mastitis Conference (BMC) was held on 11 November 2020 and, due to the Covid 19 pandemic, was held as a virtual conference for the first time. Unfortunately, the workshop on mastitis data management and…...
Text and pictures: Justine Britten, Udder Health Systems, Boise, Idaho, USA Mastitis is an inflammatory disease of the mammary gland that impacts all food production animals that are reared for milk harvest, but is well-documented as the most widespread and…...
Over the past two decades there has been a rapid expansion in dairy cow numbers in China. In 2020, there were just over six million dairy cows. Most people associate China with large dairy herds, but the average herd size…...
While dairy equipment, genetics and even pathogens have seen tremendous change over the last decades, not much has changed in terms of mastitis management. Dairy managers who want to produce and harvest healthy milk still need a whole-picture view, taking…...
