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D-mastitis Dictionary

Mastitis

Infection of the udder, the most costly disease in dairy, which cuts yield and spoils milk

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Plain meaning
Infection of the udder, the most costly disease in dairy, which cuts yield and spoils milk
How to use it
Test, treat and record every case, and discard milk during the withdrawal period after antibiotics.
South African benchmark
Mastitis drives up the somatic cell count that processors use to price milk.
Country notes
The same disease is the main health cost in dairy herds in every local market.
Go and read
M21 Unit 10
Calculate it
Enter the cost of treatment and discarded milk in T-M21-01.
Library sources
LIB-A071
See also
Somatic cell count, Biosecurity
Dairy: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedDairy: how the business runsSold bylitres, paid on butterfat and protein1Rear heifers2Calve3Milk twice a day4Cool and collect5Processor or own productsZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Dairy Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M21 Dairy.