week EIGHT: Taking Sterile Milk Samples & the California Mastitis Test Taking Sterile Milk Samples Background Part of mastitis control programs include microbiological analysis of milk from cows suspected of having mastitis. Culturing milk samples [...]

week SEVEN: Relationship Between Teat-End Callosity or Hyperkeratosis and Mastitis After repeated milkings, changes appear in teat-end tissue, resulting in the development of a callous ring around the teat orifice. Cow factors like teat-end shape, teat [...]

week SIX: All in the Design Your teat dip cup’s style could affect your herd’s mastitis risk Proper milking procedures are critical for reducing mastitis spread in your herd. One aspect of consider is your [...]

week FIVE: Evaluation of Bovine Teat Condition in Commercial Dairy Herds: 3. Getting the Numbers Right

week FOUR: Evaluation of Bovine Teat Condition in Commercial Dairy Herds: 2. Infectious Factors and Infections

week THREE: Evaluation of Bovine Teat Condition in Commercial Dairy Herds: 1. Non-Infectious Factors Ohnstad4, M.D.Rasmussen2, L.Timms5, J.S.Britt5, R.Farnsworth5, N. Cook5 & T. Hemling5. “Teat Club International”, c/o F. Neijenhuis, Research Institute for Animal Husbandry [...]

week TWO: Addressing Teat Condition Problems I. Ohnstad, G.A. Mein, J.R. Baines, M.D. Rasmussen, R. Farnsworth, B. Pocknee, T.C. Hemling and J.E. Hillerton Teat Club International Introduction In this paper the collective experience and knowledge [...]

week ONE: A Tool Box for Assessing Cow, Udder and Teat Hygiene Paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the NMC, by Nigel B. Cook and Douglas J. Reinemann University of Wisconsin-Madison Introduction Infection [...]