School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Evidence Group, Suite 1A, Cumbria House, Gilwilly Road, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9FF
Recently, work published at University of Nottingham has used machine learning to improve the original mastitis pattern analysis tool and has refined the algorithms used (Hyde et al, 2020). The...
In summary, the increased Bactoscan could be explained by the issues of low-level bore hold water contamination that was then ‘multiplied up’ via a combination of header tanks (roof space, warm, never...
Making decisions ‘cow-side’ to select those clinical mastitis cases that are unlikely to benefit from treatment with antibiotic has become an area of considerable interest in the research literature...
When challenged about apparent CM treatment failure on farm, it is important to first establish what ‘type’ of CM cases the client is treating — are these first clinical cases in lactation, recurrent...
For many veterinary surgeons and advisors, a herd health approach can be difficult for those clients that run spring calving systems, particularly as mastitis control is often perceived to be very...
Follow up in this herd focused on the dry period new infection rate after the August and September 2019 milk recordings. This was below target at the start of 2019, with only 4 out of 41 (9.8%) cows...
Effective dry cow management is a crucial part of maximising dairy cow welfare and productivity. It has an impact on calving problems, early lactation metabolic disease, fertility, overall lactation...