Magazine on Mastitis and Milk quality for the dairy professional
The past decade, the laboratory of Biochemistry, based at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ghent University, Belgium), has gained unique expertise in the development and validation of preclinical in vivo models to study mammary gland inflammation. Under the supervision of …
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This thesis was undertaken to better understand mastitis and milk quality in Rwanda. Dairy cows have a great cultural and economic importance in Rwanda, where most of the milk is produced by small-holder farmers. Milk has been recognized to be …
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Cattle genetics have changed substantially over the last 50 years.
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In emerging dairy chains, such as in Tanzania, multiple intervention support programs have been implemented. The objectives of this research were to explore the structure of existing support programs and how they are perceived, and to develop tools that can …
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You may already be familiar with the concept of “Big Data”, but did you know that dairy farms can also apply this concept to improve their decision-making? Lorena Nodar – expert on ruminants health and data analysis at HIPRA – …
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Some time ago I wrote a preface to a previous edition of M2 magazine. It is easy to guess that it was about milk quality…. This content is for M²-DIGITAL, M²-PREMIUM and NMC members only.Login or Join Now and get...
Known around the world for its revered resources, the National Mastitis Council (NMC) disseminates information to the dairy industry on udder health, milking management, milk quality and milk safety. This information comes in a variety of shapes and sizes – …
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Every year dairy professionals (farmers, veterinarians, scientists) meet in a European country to share knowledge with each other and to discuss challenges and opportunities of dairy farming in the hosting country. The next meeting will take place in Austria, which, …
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Dairy practitioners and producers are struggling daily with monitoring production and diseases on dairies. To achieve this, they will, or, more often, their herd health software will compute different indices that they can consult. They then have to decide whether…...
Dr Eric Hillerton (now in semi-retirement) had a long career in the dairy industry and led research on mastitis, developments in milking technology, automated milking systems, milking frequency and milk quality…. This content is for M²-DIGITAL, M²-PREMIUM and NMC members...
The European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC JRC) recently announced the launch of certified reference materials for somatic cell counting in milk. The joint project is international in scale and is the result of a collaborative effort between EC JRC,…...
