Brazil’s largest dairy farm, Fazenda Colorado, has been steadily growing since it was first purchased in 1964.But sometimes growth comes with growing pains. For farm technical manager and veterinarian Dr. Sergio Soriano, the farm’s growing pains came in the form of udder health issues. In a candid interview, Dr. SorianoRead more
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The milking machine is unique as it harvests food from a living animal on a regular basis. It must work very efficiently so that cows are milked swiftly with minimal effects on udder health. It is essential that teat heath is not compromised. You cannot afford to have cows leavingRead more
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Dr. Jeffrey Bewley, the dairy housing and analytics specialist at animal nutrition company, Alltech, spoke at the Pacific Northwest Animal Nutrition conference in Boise, Idaho, USA in January 2019. This content is for M²-DIGITAL, M²-PREMIUM, M²-INSTITUTIONAL & NMC members only. Log in if you have a valid subscription and continueRead more
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The 30th British Mastitis Conference was held on 7 November 2018, with a workshop on mastitis data management on the preceding day. There continues to be a number of non-UK based delegates attending, including the presentation of KT posters.
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The genus Staphylococcus contains at least 47 species and 23 subspecies. Bacteria in this genus are ubiquitous; many are commensals on human and animal skin and can be opportunistic pathogens.
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Dr. Sandy Costello is the owner and chief dairy management consultant at her dairy service practice, Milk Quality Pays. This small business is based in the eastern United States and was developed in 2011 as a way to actively focus on the diverse needs of clients. Milk Quality Pays worksRead more
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It just goes to show that being the biggest isn’t necessarily best as a small farmer from Norway is officially the best cheese producer in the world. With a herd of only 12 Norwegian Red cows, farmer Jorn Hafslund from Ostegarden won the accolade in November 2018 with his gouda,Read more
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On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the IDF Mastitis Conference, we are proud and happy to announce the next IDF Mastitis Conference that will take place from 14 to 16 May 2019 in Copenhagen (https://www.idfmastitis2019.com/welcome.html). The venue will be DGI-BYEN in the heart of Copenhagen and the conference, under the aegisRead more
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In the western United States we had few robotic milkers a year or so ago. We now have an increasing number of farms installing milking robots, nearly all Lely. The number of farms and number of total robots, often 10 to 20 or more per farm, grows larger with moreRead more
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The overall goals of this thesis were to picture the antimicrobial consumption (AMC) on dairy herds in Flanders, to identify associated factors and to explore whether AMC, udder health and milk quality can be influenced by intensive follow up. The first study revealed that the average antimicrobial use was 20.78Read more
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