Magazine on Mastitis and Milk quality for the dairy professional

#NMC Regional Meeting 2024

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Focus

Echoes from the 2024 National Mastitis Council Regional meeting in Ghent, Belgium – PART 2

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General session 4: #SmartFarmingandAutomation (moderator Dr. Kristine Piccart) Sensors to monitor udder health from another perspective Dr. Ben Aernouts provided valuable insights into the sensors available for monitoring udder health. His research group in Belgium focuses on developing, implementing, and validating such innovative sensor technologies and data-processing algorithms to supportRead more

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Conference

Jump into the future: Dairy farming 2050

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While the dairy sector has made significant strides in terms of using antibiotics more responsibly and implementing technology to monitor animal behaviour and health, more needs to be done to ensure sustainable and profitable production in the years to come. In a short course, held at the National Mastitis Council meeting in Ghent, Belgium in August 2024, five speakers offered insight into the challenges and opportunities the sector faces.

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