Two weeks either side of calving is when a cow is most likely to get mastitis. This means the calving period is critical for determining the infection status of individual cows and the herd for the rest of lactation.
Find practical advice and technical resources in this section to better prevent, find, and treat mastitis in the calving period.
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Environmental Mastitis
Reduce exposure to environmental mastitis bacteria.
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Heifer Mastitis
Take care with heifers.
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Milk Suitable for Vat
Check that milk is suitable to go in the vat.
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Clinicals at Calving
Rapidly find, record, and treat clinical cases in recently calved cows
