Mastitis control in dairy herds /

• Main Authors: Blowey, R. W. (Author), Edmondson, Peter, 1958- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Mastitis > Prevention.; Dairy Animals.; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Animals, (New March 2000); Agricultural and Forestry Equipment (General); Milk and Dairy Produce.; Food Contamination, Residues and Toxicology.; Food Composition and Quality.; Cattle.; Books.; Bovine mastitis.; Cows.; Dairy cattle.; Dairy cows.; Dairy herds.; Disease control.; Disease prevention.; Drug residues.; Mammary gland diseases.; Mammary glands.; Milk.; Milk quality.; Milking machines.; Teats.; Udder quarters.; Udders.; Electronic books.
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This is the second edition of the book, containing 16 chapters which focus on prevention and control of mastitis as well as on the different factors that lead to mastitis resulting in poor milk quality. The book contains two appendices, the first contains a liner line chart and the second contains p...

Table of Contents:

• Structure of teats and udder and mechanisms of milk synthesis
• Teat and udder defences against mastitis
• The mastitis organisms
• Milking machines and mastitis
• The milking routine and its effect on mastitis
• Teat disinfection
• The environment and mastitis
• Somatic cell count
• Bactoscan and total bacterial count (TBC)
• Targets and monitoring
• Treatment and dry cow therapy
• Summer mastitis
• Disorders of the udder and teats
• Residue avoidance in milk
• Best practice guides.