German collaborative project works to improve udder health through cell differentiation

The size of the dairy farm will determine the characteristics of a milk quality program. We work with farms ranging in size from 2,000 to 10,000 milking cows. On these farms the people who make decisions are not the same…...

Contagious mastitis mainly causes subclinical infection resulting in raised somatic cell counts. Cell counts are measured in hundreds of thousands and a cell count of 200,000/ml is commonly referred to as 200. High cell counts are undesirable as they have…...

Q. What is the Teat Condition Portfolio? The Teat Condition Portfolio is a “cowside” tool available to all National Mastitis Council (NMC) members that provides quicker assessment of environmental, infectious and milking machine-induced teat conditions by being able to compare …