Mastitis

Mastitis

Mastitis control, treatment and prevention are essential components of a plan to manage your dairy farm during wet conditions. 

The following information is designed to assist farmers when bulk milk cell counts are above 250,000 or trending up from levels expected and/or there are more than 2 clinical cases of mastitis per 100 cows in the last month.

Further information including the fact sheets below is available from the Dairy Australia and Countdown Websites.

Mastitis Priorities

High Cell Counts and Clinical Mastitis Don't Fix Themselves

High Cell Count Cows - What are the Options?

Cow Parking and Mastitis Risk

Drying Off - the Key to a Better Run Next Lactation

Countdown Mastitis Focus