Andrew Hardie & Helen Long

350K SSC, 2 years creeping up

Elevated SCC levels and fear of grading.

High Sub-clinical Staph aureus

SNAPSHOT™: High presence of sub-clinical Staph aureus mastitis.
HERDSCREEN™: 18% of the herd infected.   

Segregation, No Culling, CM testing

Cows were segregated (Not culled).  OAD for Staph and Penicillin Cows.
Proactive on going testing of clinical cases.
Problem managed- recommendations around SOP’s and milking routines adopted including culturing new cases to remain vigilant.

Immediate SCC stabilisation

Clean herd below 150SCC, Staph cows as a group were tested at approx. 700K.

Stabilisation of SCC to approximately 100 (after 2 years, since many Staph aureus cows were still in the herd), drastic reduction in mastitis cases, control of new Staph aureus infections.