Tine van Werven is Associate Professor in Dairy Herd Management at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Utrecht, the Netherlands. This content is for M²-DIGITAL, M²-PREMIUM, M²-INSTITUTIONAL & NMC members only. Log in if you have a valid subscription and continue your reading Or Join us today (subscribe) and getRead more
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Controlling the incidence of bovine mastitis is based on reducing the exposure of cows to mastitis pathogens in the environment. This content is for M²-DIGITAL, M²-PREMIUM, M²-INSTITUTIONAL & NMC members only. Log in if you have a valid subscription and continue your reading Or Join us today (subscribe) and getRead more
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In the UK, the average dairy herd size is currently ~133 cows and the incidence rate of clinical mastitis (CM) is likely to be somewhere between 47 and 65 cases/100 cows/year. The national average bulk milk somatic cell count (BMSCC) is currently ~167,000 cells/ml and this number has been fallingRead more
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Controlling the incidence of bovine mastitis is based on reducing the exposure of cows to mastitis pathogens in the environment. This content is for M²-DIGITAL, M²-PREMIUM, M²-INSTITUTIONAL & NMC members only. Log in if you have a valid subscription and continue your reading Or Join us today (subscribe) and getRead more
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As dairy producers work to improve their mastitis control, some have added a valuable tool to their effort This content is for M²-DIGITAL, M²-PREMIUM, M²-INSTITUTIONAL & NMC members only. Log in if you have a valid subscription and continue your reading Or Join us today (subscribe) and get instant premiumRead more
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Trends in herd udder health and risk factors can be identified by monitoring the trends of individual cow cell counts. Useful parameters are the proportion of infected cows and heifers at their first post-calving somatic cell count (SCC) check and the cell count evolution over the dry period. This contentRead more
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