Dairy
Mastitis in dairy cows: Causes and prevention
Mastitis is the most economically challenging disease on a dairy farm, with freshly-calved cows and heifers the most susceptible to...
Dairy
Mastitis is the most economically challenging disease on a dairy farm, with freshly-calved cows and heifers the most susceptible to...
Dairy
Mastitis is the most economically challenging disease on a dairy farm, it causes the swelling of the cow’s udder tissue...
Dairy
This spring has been very challenging on farms to say the least. The weather hasn’t been playing ball and getting...
Dairy
As farmers begin drying off cows, on many spring-calving dairy farms, there are a few things that should be taken...
Dairy
“50% of all clinical mastitis cases, in the first 100 days of the next lactation, can be linked back to...
Dairy
New science, developed by AHV International, that is not focused on the use of antibiotics, is helping livestock farmers worldwide...
Dairy
The best way to prevent clinical or sub-clinical mastitis cases – in your herd – is through a consistent and...
Dairy
The easiest way to prevent clinical or sub-clinical mastitis cases is through good milking practices. During the busy calving season,...
Dairy
Animal health scientists are making significant progress on mastitis management, which is responsible for up to 85% of the antimicrobials...
Dairy
Antibiotic usage in the milking parlour is a necessary part and parcel of modern-day dairy farming; but is this set...
Dairy
By George Ramsbottom and John Mee, Teagasc As a result of the prolonged period of housing, dairy cattle need to...
N.Ireland
It might seem counterintuitive, but veterinary experts say it is possible to increase mastitis cure rates while also lowering antibiotic...
Dairy
Glasgow’s School of Veterinary Medicine and a UK diagnostic test manufacturer have been awarded more than £800,000 (€926,000) to develop...
Opinion
It’s preposterous that Irish milk producers should be calling for non-EU labour to make up the manpower shortages now apparent...
Dairy
Mastitis can be a costly problem. A straight forward, clinical case costs around €150-200, without taking into account the loss...
Dairy
Mastitis can be a costly problem on Irish dairy farms. High levels of somatic cell count (SCC) can adversely affect...
Dairy
Elanco has launched a new ‘first of its kind’ product to revolutionise the way vets address immune suppression during the transition...
Dairy
An Irish dairy farm consisting of 100 cows can save over €2,000 by teat sealing cows at drying off. This...