Newsletter grabs

Every second month  we publish a series of themed grabs for your newsletters. Each theme links to our pages in Australian Dairyfarmer and comes with supporting background information. 

Each grab or article also includes photos or graphics you can download as well. 

This month's theme is:   Managing fresh cows in the shed

Below are a series of other grabs for your newsletters.

• Getting the best mastitis control at calving

• Preventing mastitis over the calving period

• Milking fresh cows to minimize mastitis and maintain milk quality

• Take extra care with heifers to minimise mastitis and protect the future producers of your herd

• Summer milking routines to prevent mastitis

• Cost of clinical mastitis dramatically increases

• Reducing mastitis risk in a sudden "wet" period

• Milking machine testing and risk management

• Cows behaving badly

• "Healthy Teats" - a great defence mechanism

• Questions about mastitis in the big dry

• New information on getting teat disinfection right

• Good timing and technique in taking off cups is a cost-free way of reducing mastitis

• Lactation, treatment and control of Strep ag

• Managing udder health in hot weather

• Identifying and managing clinical case problems in herds

• Prevent mastitis by keeping teats healthy during milking

• Shorter milking times to reduce mastitis

• Culling is the only way to eliminate some mastitis infections

• Every drying off is different!

• Make drying off count

• Critical time for drying-off

• Well-managed drying-off is the key to udder health and milk quality in the next lactation

• Drying off in the drought needs special consideration

   

• Teat disinfection is an investment - maximise your return

• Deciding who should go!

• Residues can be risky business

• Build a "brick wall" against mastitis

• Mastitis control makes good economics

• Building genetics into your mastitis plan

• Using Bulk Milk Cell Counts on the farm

• Plan to reduce mastitis

• Good timing and technique in taking off cups is a cost-free way of reducing mastitis