On dairy farms, most antibiotics are used to treat clinical mastitis and to prevent new infections at dry-off time. However, antibiotic use varies widely between farms. This variation shows that ...

TRIESENBERG, Liechtenstein--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amicogen, a leading biotech company specializing in industrial enzyme production and drug development, has partnered with Lysando, an innovative biotech ...

As the limitations of manual culturing and visual inspection become more apparent, the industry is shifting toward passive ...

Thank you Njoroge for reading The Smart Harvest and for your good question. Mastitis is a big challenge to dairy farmers. Mastitis is the inflammation of the mammary gland caused from trauma or an ...

The dairy industry has been plagued by a persistent global problem for decades - bacterial infection of cow udders that significantly reduces milk production. The condition, known as bovine mastitis, ...

With a lot of farmers entering their third week of calving, there will be an increasing risk of mastitis building on farm.

A new study identified biting flies as reservoirs of bacteria that cause bovine mastitis on dairy farms. Bovine mastitis, which affects cows, leads to reduced milk production and can be fatal if left ...

Dear Daktari, I am a great fan of your articles and I religiously read them; they are a great source of very good information for my dairy farming. Now am afraid mastitis has taken root in my farm.

Bovine mastitis is a potentially fatal condition with myriad known causes, including bacteria. Biting flies may help cause mastitis, but the mechanisms are not well elucidated. Researchers ...