Well attached udders (tight to moderate) are less susceptible to injury and contamination from mud and manure. Ideally the cow would have udder scores in the middle of this range for both udder ...

On U.S. dairy operations, mastitis remains the costliest disease, driven by expenses for antibiotic treatments and losses in ...

The non-profit group said the cows are "repeatedly milked" with as many as 60 per cent of them developing painful udder infection mastitis. "This infection, coupled with the fact that cows on ...

DairyNZ senior animal care specialist Penny Timmer-Arends says mastitis - inflammation of the mammary gland (udder) in dairy ...

Rising heat and humidity can drive up SCC, but with proactive management and attention to detail, summer doesn’t have to ...

Producers should dry teats and udders effectively. Cows should not be turned outside on cold and windy days until the teat dip has dried for 1 minute. Garcia also pointed out the cold weather ...

How many more calves can we expect her to wean in the future? Younger cows (2-5 years) have more potential to spread out production costs over more years compared to older cows (6 years plus), and ...

Some heavy-milking cows will have strutting of the teats as much as two or three days before calving. On the other hand, a thin poor-milking cow may calve without strutting of the teats. Another thing ...

As the cow munches away, a cleaning process begins with the robot cleaning and sterilizing the cow’s udder before a laser connects multiple milking tubes to each teat on the udder.