Dairy
AHDB to host event focussed on reducing mastitis in dairy herds
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will host an event centred on reducing and managing mastitis in dairy herds in...
Mastitis
N.Ireland
Rise in fly numbers increases risk of summer mastitis
With Irish temperatures reaching heatwave levels, livestock farmers are being advised that fly numbers will increase dramatically. In turn, this...
N.Ireland
Mastitis control: 90% of farmers using SDCT
Mastitis is an inflammation of the cow's mammary gland, which is usually caused by bacteria entering the teat canal. Mastitis...
Dairy
Dairy advice: Steps you can take to avoid mastitis
The easiest way to prevent clinical or sub-clinical mastitis cases is through good milking practices. Mastitis is the most economically challenging...
Dairy
Avoiding E.coli mastitis in freshly-calved cows
The spring period is a busy time on farms and dealing with cases of mastitis is something that farmers don’t...
Dairy
Queen’s mastitis and lameness study to aim to reduce dairy antibiotics use
Three Northern Ireland organisations have joined forces to launch a research project to tackle bovine mastitis and lameness in a...
Beef
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
Preventing mastitis in early lactation
Mastitis is the most economically challenging disease on a dairy farm, it causes the swelling of the cow’s udder tissue...
Dairy
Having SCC issues this season? Here are some top tips…
This spring has been very challenging on farms to say the least. The weather hasn’t been playing ball and getting...
Dairy
15 steps to get the best results at drying off
“50% of all clinical mastitis cases, in the first 100 days of the next lactation, can be linked back to...
Dairy
New science is enabling dairy farms to become antibiotic-free
Farmers attending the recent Dale Farm Somatic Cell Count (SCC) advisory event, hosted by Dale Farm on the Co. Tyrone...
Dairy
Mastitis management ‘making significant progress’
Animal health scientists are making significant progress on mastitis management, which is responsible for up to 85% of the antimicrobials...
N.Ireland
Mastitis: Can you reduce antibiotic use while increasing cure rates?
It might seem counterintuitive, but veterinary experts say it is possible to increase mastitis cure rates while also lowering antibiotic...
Dairy
Grant awarded to develop a multiplex rapid test for mastitis
Glasgow’s School of Veterinary Medicine and a UK diagnostic test manufacturer have been awarded more than £800,000 (€926,000) to develop...
Dairy
Does it pay to teat seal cows at drying off?
An Irish dairy farm consisting of 100 cows can save over €2,000 by teat sealing cows at drying off. This...
Beef
Late spring turnout sees incidents of mastitis cases jump 100%
The number of E-coli mastitis cases on dairy farmers has doubled this spring compared to the same period last year,...
Dairy
Herd management system a national first for Kerry farmer
A Kerry farmer has become the first in the Republic of Ireland to install a new farm management system that...
Dairy
Dairy tip of the month: Detecting mastitis with the California Mastitis Test (CMT)
Detect subclinical mastitis quick and easy this spring in cows and first lactation animals before including their milk in the bulk...
