Magazine on Mastitis and Milk quality for the dairy professional
In 2001, the “Observatoire de la Santé Mammoire” (OSaM) was formed in Southern Belgium. The group was designed in response to the elevation of somatic cell counts (SCC) in herds registered to Dairy Herd Improvement programs. OSaM is a collaboration…...
In the Republic of Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) operates a group of six veterinary diagnostic laboratories: one large central laboratory on the outskirts of Dublin city and five smaller regional laboratories near Athlone, Cork,…...
Researchers have found that over the years some forms of contagious mastitis have emerged from rarity to become more common, like Mycoplasma sp., while others, like Streptococcus agalactiae, have been largely eradicated. The idea that mycoplasma mastitis is re-emerging is…...
Streptococcus agalactiae has, for the most part, been eliminated from most herds in many parts of the world. Eliminating the reservoir, the infected cow, is what did it. Mycoplasma sp., however, does not appear to exist in all parts of…...
