Magazine on Mastitis and Milk quality for the dairy professional
Bovine mastitis is a very common disease in dairy herds worldwide. In Switzerland, the incidence density is 32.7 cases per 100 cow years (Stärk et al., 1997), resulting in total costs of about CHF 130 Mio. per year (Heiniger et...
Milk quality has evolved over the last several decades from a focus on control of contagious pathogens through improvements in milking technique and blanket dry cow treatment addressing the challenges of environmental mastitis. This can be attributed in large part …
Dairy cow health and welfare can, with relatively simple and cost-efficient means, be improved by disputing established management practices and make adaptations to the physiology and needs of the modern, high-yielding cow. Presently, it is generally recommended that the dry …
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