Welcome to this series on mastitis in dairy products cows. Offered you by the University of Edinburgh. This video clip is health in the shed, allow the cows tell you, a racking up system. Mastitis is the infection of the milk-producing gland,
the breast. Microorganisms invade the teat end using the teat
canal and create an infection. Mastitis is a fight in between bacteria attacking
Health in the shed? Allow the cows tell you!
on the number of cows and the space they have. Tidy cows means the system is working, filthy
Clean cows will certainly have much less mastitis. This lets the cows tell you
if you have a trouble. Each cow is scored in three locations on a scale
The areas are: The flank consisting of the tail, the reduced back leg, and the udder. If there is even more than hand dimension (10x15cm).
quantity of dirtiness rack up a 1. , if there is even more than a lower arm length (40cm).
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of uncleanness then rack up a 2. Any type of score of 2 suggests there is a problem.
of shed health. So the lower hind legs are dirty then.
the trouble is likely to be cleaning of paths or water drainage where the cows are strolling. If the udder and lower part of cows are dirty.
then is it an issue with where the cows are lying. If it is around the tail and flank where the.
tail swishes, is it a trouble of diarrhea? Is there an issue with the diet regimen? If the dirtiness is around, exists a trouble.
of overcrowding or manure removal?.
Welcome to this series on mastitis in dairy products cows. This video is hygiene in the shed, let the cows tell you, a scoring system. Allow the cows inform you! Tidy cows will certainly have much less mastitis. This lets the cows tell you
