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Quarterly testing for Johne’s disease is helping Carmarthenshire dairy farmer Rheinallt Harries identify infected cows and control the spread.

A good culling policy is an important part of herd management. This information will help you understand when and why culling is necessary.

The impact of new mastitis infections in heifers can be measured by looking at the SCC at the first milk recording in lactation.

Contagious mastitis patterns are characterised by the spread of infection between cows.

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Identifying the pattern of mastitis on your farm allows control measures to be focused on where they will be most effective.

From analysis of data comes understanding and from understanding comes effective action.

Find out how monitoring somatic cell counts (SCCs) can help us to identify mastitis.

Monitoring all routes of mastitis on your farm is a must, with accurate and consistent record keeping being needed to successfully do this.

Monitoring and recording mastitis in cows

To redress outdated figures, we have a large project underway to measure the ammonia emissions from different pig buildings in the UK

The key considerations for drying off cows early such as housing space, group management and nutrition