Magazine on Mastitis and Milk quality for the dairy professional
Mastitis occurs on virtually all dairy farms and is almost always caused by bacterial infections of individual mammary gland quarters. Many cases of mastitis are subclinical but some cases progress to a clinical state.
Ten years ago, Dutch researchers Dr. Theo Lam and Dr. Jolanda Jansen were involved in organising a high-level, international conference on udder health and communication in Utrecht. Highlights of the three-day conference included presentations on national mastitis control schemes from…...
Ever since the installation of the first commercial milking robot in 1992, automatic milking has been on the rise. According to industry estimates, there are currently over 35.000 operational milking robot units in dairy farms across the globe. The largest…...
Dr Alfonso Lago is the Director of Dairy Herd Management and Contract Research Solutions at DairyExperts, Inc. – a dairy cattle research, consulting and laboratory firm based in Tulare, California, USA. He founded the company six years ago and moved…...
