#Text and Pictures: Peter Edmondson (petered.vet@gmail.com)

Mikas Farm is Slovakia has expanded from 1,200 cows in 2018 to 2,100 cows in 2023. Over the past five years the mastitis rate (cases of mastitis per 100 cows per year) has reduced from 76 to 26. This article describes the journey in reducing mastitis. The herd houses its cows all year round. Cows are milked 3X and fed a TMR diet based around maize silage. In 2018 the average yield was 35 litres/cow per day.