Magazine on Mastitis and Milk quality for the dairy professional
Escherichia coli is a major mastitis pathogen and a well-known cause of clinical mastitis in dairy cows. Ubiquitously present in organic material like manure and bedding, E. coli can reach high concentrations in the cow’s environment. Although being described as...
The European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC JRC) recently announced the launch of certified reference materials for somatic cell counting in milk. The joint project is international in scale and is the result of a collaborative effort between EC JRC,…...
Dr Eric Hillerton (now in semi-retirement) had a long career in the dairy industry and led research on mastitis, developments in milking technology, automated milking systems, milking frequency and milk quality…. This content is for M²-DIGITAL, M²-PREMIUM and NMC members...
Dairy practitioners and producers are struggling daily with monitoring production and diseases on dairies. To achieve this, they will, or, more often, their herd health software will compute different indices that they can consult. They then have to decide whether…...
