Mastitis Focus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Farmer Course Content

Session A Getting started     (60 mins) Biology – how and why infection occurs (60 mins) Lunch (30 mins) Is the teat disinfectant working? (75 mins) Summary and feedback (15 mins)
Session B Building teat disinfection into my plan (45 mins) Mastitis herd dynamics and the whole team (75 mins)   Calving management to minimise mastitis (75 mins) Summary and feedback (15 mins)
Session C Building my goals and calving management plan  (40 mins) Communication and teamwork (70 mins)   Milking routines to minimise mastitis  (80 mins) Summary and feedback (20 mins)
Session D Building milking routine changes into my plan (20 mins) My farm policy for dealing with clinical cases (80 mins)   Action of the milking machine (75 mins) Summary, feedback and introducing the Wall charts (35 mins)
Session E Building clinical case management into my plan (30 mins) Is the milking system operating properly? (75 mins)   Cell counts (20 mins) Drying-off and the role of Dry Cow Treatment (50 mins) Culling (20 mins) Summary and feedback (15 mins)
Session F Building my milking system checks, drying-off and culling management          (45 mins) Putting the finishing touches on plans    (30 mins) My mastitis plan    (30 mins)   My mastitis plan continued (75 mins) Next steps after this course (30 mins)

 

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