The transition period, traditionally three weeks before calving and three weeks following, can be a high-stress time in a dairy cow’s life. The environment, diet and pen changes, and poor management all can be detrimental to immune function as well as negatively impact the cow for generations to come.

Rapid, pathogen-specific treatment is quickly becoming one of the major competitive advantages in milk quality management. Leading dairy farms are implementing on-farm culture systems to quickly diagnose and treat clinical mastitis.