Dairy NZ

Publication Date: February 2012

Description: A companion to the DairyNZ Body Condition Scoring Made Easy field guide, this resource aims to provide farmers with advice on body condition score (BCS) targets, the effect of management strategies on BCS and a comprehensive “how to” guide on getting accurate results whenever herds are scored.

Publication Date: July 2011

Description: Condition score your dairy herd accurately and consistently by using this handy booklet for objective levels for animal measurement.

Publication Date: September 2011

Description: Reducing lameness one step at a time. Lameness is caused by many factors which differ between individual cows and farms. Reducing the number of lame cows on your farm therefore requires a long-term, planned approach that is supported by the whole farm team.

Publication Date: September 2011

Description: Mastitis is usually caused by bacteria, which enter through the teat canal and infect the udder.
This guide provides practical “step by step” tips for preventing,
finding and treating mastitis.

Publication Date: February 2008

Description: Published by the National Mastitis Advisory Committee, this booklet explains the seasonal approach to managing mastitis.

Publication Date: 2007

Description: This research will establish, in a range of farming situations:

1. What costs, both direct and indirect, farmers incur because cows are already infected with (or a risk from contracting) clinical and sub-clinical mastitis disease.

2. How much income is lost by farmers because mastitis infected cows (both clinical and subclinical) produce less milk with less useful and most-economically processable components.