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...
This is the first of two articles on approaches to reducing clinical mastitis and somatic cell counts that this author has used for many years. It has proved successful provided the farmer engages in the process. Of course, there are …
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 …
Sofie Piepers has been kind enough to look back over 10 years of mastitis prevention with us. Here is a small sample of her perspective during those 10 years. You can read the whole interview at mastitisvaccination.com KOL QUESTIONS 1 …
