Udder Health Management Summary

Subclinical mastitis is the biggest profit drain on many dairies. Making the issue even more frustrating is that solving mastitis problems is often a very long process.  The biggest value AgSource's Udder Health Management Summary provides is quick feedback on your efforts to correct problems. A decrease in new subclinical infections is a major accomplishment that is reflected on your UHM Summary. However, it may be many months before this is reflected in your herd's bulk tank SCC. Conversely, if the rate of new infections is increasing, you need to take action now - not several months later when the cumulative effect of numerous new infections is reflected in your herd's DHI weighted SCC. Besides tracking new infections, the UHM Summary breaks your herd into other subgroups to help you identify the targeted groups to focus your efforts. You also can more rapidly and accurately determine if the changes you are implementing are working or need to be modified.

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Udder Health Management Cow List

One of the biggest culling mistakes a producer can make is selling a cow based on one test day's somatic cell count. The Udder Health Management Cow List provides you with Linear Score (LSCR) data for the previous eight tests along with SCC/LSCR information on the most recent five tests. The UHM Cow List allows you to track individual cows through their dry periods and into the next lactation. The report also summarizes how many tests over the past two lactations each cow has been infected (SCC over 200,000 and LSCR greater than or equal to 4.0).

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