Items Tagged with 'somatic cell count (SCC)'
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The recipe for great milk quality includes attentive employees, a healthy environment and the proper tools.
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The bolus boost: How acidogenic boluses enhance dry-off management
Learn the effects of acidogenic boluses at dry-off on udder health, cow comfort and farm profitability.
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Minglewood Dairy combines tradition and innovation for premium milk quality
Minglewood Dairy prioritizes employee training, rumination boluses and on-farm culturing to ensure cow health and milk quality.
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An apple a day keeps mastitis away: Monitoring mastitis in automated milking systems
Much like your own health, regular check-ups to cows, their environment and milking equipment will help catch small issues before they become large problems.
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Addressing parlor challenges: A three-legged stool for success
Managing people, equipment and cows determine the productivity and efficiency of your parlor.
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Milk quality in the bulk tank: What do all the numbers mean?
Identifying the different types of bulk tank quality tests will aid in diagnosing the source of high counts. A quantitative test can determine the number of bacteria in a bulk tank, while a qualitative test can determine the type of bacteria present.
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Using automation and data to catch mastitis early
Mastitis is a common condition which, when undetected or addressed too late, can have a significant impact on herd health and a dairy’s bottom line. Increasingly, automated milking systems offer producers an advantage in detecting even subclinical cases of mastitis before they become clinical and spread to the herd.
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How genomic testing can help lower somatic cell count and increase profit
Genetics can influence milk quality, but animal husbandry can really drive productivity in the parlor.
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A somatic cell count of 200,000: Is it the new abnormal?
Somatic cell count (SCC) standards have changed drastically in the past 40 years. Managing a thorough milking routine, cow's environment and milking equipment can aid in lowering your herd's SCC – pushing the standards further.
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Embracing tradition and innovation at Sigview Farms
One Ontario dairy sees big improvements in cow comfort, odour control and somatic cell count after moving their Brown Swiss herd to a compost-bedded pack barn with a continual agitation manure system.
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