Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Post-milking teat disinfectant
Post-milking teat disinfectant has an important role to play in controlling somatic cell counts (SCC) and mastitis within herds. Mastitis...
Dairy Technical
Post-milking teat disinfectant has an important role to play in controlling somatic cell counts (SCC) and mastitis within herds. Mastitis...
Dairy Technical
Freshly calved cows and heifers are more susceptible to mastitis, due to a weakened immune system after calving. Mastitis can...
Dairy Technical
Research has shown that a case of mastitis can cost between €200 and €700 depending on its severity. As dairy...
Dairy Technical
Lameness and mastitis can, and do have a major impact on cow performance, with controlling these a focus for most...
Dairy Technical
Heifer mastitis can be an issue on some farms, with heifers calving down with mastitis or a case developing early...
Dairy Technical
A brisket board or pipe is a useful way to control the position of a cow on cubicles, thus reducing...
Dairy Technical
The controlling of mastitis causing bacteria is important during the dry period, anything that can be done to minimise the...
Dairy Technical
An increase in somatic cell count (SCC) should not be ignored at this point in the season, as it will...
Dairy Technical
Every farmer has had to deal with cases of mastitis. Depending on the type of mastitis, eliminating it from a...
Dairy Technical
One of the easiest and most effective ways of controlling mastitis within your herd is through the use of a...
Dairy Technical
Contagious and environmental mastitis are the most economically challenging diseases faced by Irish dairy farmers – with a single case...
Dairy Technical
Summer mastitis is usually seen in dry cows and heifers during the summer months from late June to mid-September. It...
Opinion
Recent weeks have been marked by the publication of numerous reports, all confirming that antibiotic usage levels on livestock farms...
Dairy
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has written to Minister Charlie McConalogue on the supply and...
Dairy
The easiest way to prevent clinical or sub-clinical mastitis cases is through good milking practices. Mastitis is the most economically challenging...
Dairy
The spring period is a busy time on farms and dealing with cases of mastitis is something that farmers don’t...
Dairy
Three Northern Ireland organisations have joined forces to launch a research project to tackle bovine mastitis and lameness in a...
Dairy
Many studies have demonstrated that over 50% of mastitis cases occurring in the first 100 days of lactation are because...