Mastitis and milk quality affect the bottom line of all dairy farms. Dairy Australia estimates that every case of clinical mastitis costs around $450 in treatment costs and lost milk.

Milking Mastitis Management This particular workshop is going to be ran as a 1 day classroom day

Course designed by Dairy Australia and delivered Joe Skuse from Tallangatta Vets.

What is covered- 1 day, classroom based, covering best practice in milk harvesting, with the emphasis on the detection, treatment and prevention of clinical mastitis along with the importance of good stockmanship, whole of the milking process including teat hygiene and disinfection, plant maintenance along with dairy hygiene and plant washing.

The course is suitable for anyone on a dairy farm who milks cows - from farm owners, managers and sharefarmers - to family members and farm employees.

Learn about:

how and why mastitis infections occur

practical methods to detect and deal with mastitis

adapting your milking process to reduce the

risk of infections

dairy hygiene and plant washing procedures

herd stockmanship

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Milking Mastitis Management- Tallangatta