Magazine on Mastitis and Milk quality for the dairy professional
The dry period is a crucial period for udder health in a cow’s lactation cycle. On the one hand, the dry period offers opportunities: cows with (an) existing intramammary infection(s) (= cows with an elevated somatic cell count) can (spontaneously) cure....
Veterinarian Bertjan Westerlaan is one of four partners in Dutch company Vetvice. Vetvice provides practical information on cow housing and husbandry to dairy farmers worldwide – and to their advisers and suppliers. Vetvice aims to maximize the health and welfare…...
The National Mastitis Council, a not-for-profit organization devoted to reducing mastitis and enhancing milk quality, holds an annual and regional meeting each year. In previous years, the regional meeting has been held in the U.S.
The NMC Regional meeting in Ghent had a review of the history of milk quality in Flanders stretching back over 50 years. The presentation was given by Luc De Meulemeester who is in charge of the Milk Control Centre in…...
