Magazine on Mastitis and Milk quality for the dairy professional
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
Read MoreThe 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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To gain the benefit of the available technology, the data need to be used as an aid to making useful management decisions. 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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Ian Ohnstad, BMC Chairperson, presenting the Best Poster Award (as voted by the delegates) to Tom Greenham for his poster on “Maximising milking efficiency: A pilot study of current UK parameters and factors affecting the milking process” 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.
Read MoreThe 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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