Pointless mastitis control plan?

Authors: Blackshaw C, Anderson DC
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 25, Issue 7, pp 194, Jul 1977
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Biosecurity, Disease control/eradication, Epidemiology, Mammary gland/udder, Mastitis, Infectious disease
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: That mastitis control is profitable for all dairy farmers is the assumption on which mastitis control schemes are being advocated for NZ dairy farmers. The extent to which this premise is accepted by dairy farmers is a matter of concern to the promotors of such schemes, especially those people in the dairy industry whose responsibility it is to ensure that dairy products continue to meet the standards required by importing countries. The general impression obtained from dairy farmers is that the majority are applying the five point plan in full; that teat spraying and dry cow therapy are widely used in an effort to reduce the incidence of subclinical mastitis and its attendant losses in production…

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