Late lactation mastitis can be difficult to manage. Many farms experience an increase in bulk tank somatic cell count towards the end of the season as cows start to produce less milk. This means there is less milk volume to dilute out the number of somatic cells in...
Many Anexa clients want to milk as long as possible but heading into autumn milk volumes are dropping and bulk milk somatic cell count (BMSCC) is starting to climb. Some farms are at a high risk of grading with once-a-day (OAD) milking whilst others may have a...
For spring calving herds, calving is done and dusted, mating is just about here, and your first herd test results are in. Now is your chance to convert those milk quality data into dollars. How can you make the most of the money you have already invested in...
Your vet has suggested you should take milk samples from cows with clinical mastitis or high somatic cell counts (i.e. subclinical mastitis), but do you know what happens to those samples once you drop them off at your local Anexa clinic? Options for testing...
It has definitely been a challenging season for mastitis, and it is easy to blame the weather. Without knowing which bacteria are causing the mastitis issues in your herd (clinical or subclinical), we cannot just assume that the weather is the problem. If you...