Mastitis management: increasing the uptake of veterinary advice

摘要: THE UK is well known for producing safe, quality milk that goes into making products support healthy diets. However, in the and around world, production set back by occurrence of bovine mastitis, an endemic disease representing not only a financial emotional burden farmers (McLeod 2008, Jansen 2010, Kolstrup Hultgren 2011), but also welfare problem dairy cows (von Keyserlingk others 2009). Despite years research information about risk factors management strategies related to mastitis incidence prevalence, there still substantial room improvement, numerous opportunities increase implementation changes farm could improve situation considerably. Although omnipresent, improvements parameters have been made over years. Farms vary hugely: clinical rates exceed 100 cases per year on almost 25 cent farms (Bradley 2007). While overall levels subclinical arguably improved, many are experiencing excessively high this disease. A paper Down (2016), summarised page 449 issue Veterinary Record , indicates evidence supporting certain may serve decrease often established. Much risk-factor literature has distilled packaged AHDB Dairy Mastitis Control Plan (DMCP), which described 2007, Green Trained plan deliverers can use DMCP assist them advising reduce prevalence. This role, inhabited mainly veterinarians, places these advisers at forefront knowledge dissemination (Farm Animal Welfare Committee 2011). The suggests, …