About
Countdown Mastitis Focus
In the past, it was difficult to
recognise mastitis problems in herds until an outbreak occurred. But now the
new Countdown Mastitis Focus report gives you the ability
to effectively track the udder health of your herd.
The report enables you to assess
key mastitis management areas and detect emerging problems. It provides
information about the success of your previous drying-off strategy and clinical
case management, as well as keeping tabs on the spread of infection through your
herd and clinical cases at calving. You can then use the Countdown ‘triggers’
for action to help you decide what to do.
What records do I need?
The report uses routinely
collected details, namely; clinical case and dry cow records, and the individual
cow cell counts taken as part of milk recording.
The Countdown Mastitis Focus
program uses standard industry DIF files; specifically a single .DIF file or a
combination of file types that will have these extensions .101, .102, .103,
.104, 107, .116
How do I get a report?
There are three main ways of obtaining a Countdown Mastitis Focus
report:
- From your herd
improvement center
- From your adviser
- And soon you will be able to
generate reports easily from several on-farm software packages.
Compatible packages will be listed as they as they become available
If you have the necessary DIF
files you can visit
www.mastitisfocus.com.au to generate a report now.
OR, you can have a go at
generating a report for the Macalister Demonstration
Farm now.
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