Sub-clinical Mastitis | Staph aureus Issues

Herdscreen

Whole Herd Cow Level Testing

Staph Infection Control

Unparalleled Staph aureus Detection

Pathogen screen
for every animal

One-time Push | 100% Support

Farm Medix guides you
all the way

Conclusive & Actionable

Unprecedented Returns

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Successful Dairy Farmers use Farm Medix Diagnostics Solutions

Andrew Hardie & Helen Long

430 cows, Pasture - Conventional

New Zealand

Snapshot, Herdscreen

350K SSC, 2 years creeping up

High Sub-clinical Staph aureus

Segregation, No Culling, CM testing

Immediate SCC stabilisation

Rob Rolston

800 cows, Pasture - Conventional

New Zealand

Snapshot

6 weeks of grading, SCC: 400-500K

Major influence of environmental markers

SOP’s and milking routines

Back to compliance within 3 days

Richard Colebrook

900 cows, Pasture - Conventional

New Zealand

Snapshot

250 cases of Mastitis in 6 weeks. Max SCC 340K.

High level of environmental markers

SOP’s and milking routines

Mastitis outbreak mitigated within two weeks

Craig Jopp

750 cows, Pasture - Conventional

New Zealand

Snapshot

Unexplained spike in SCC

High levels of environmental & opportunistic markers

Teat spraying procedure

SCC back under 100k

Anonymous Farmer

304 cows, Pasture - Conventional

New Zealand

Snapshot, Check-Up, Herdscreen

300k SCC, Staph aureus, stress

High sub-clinical Staph aureus

Selective Dry Cow & Teat sealant

Low mastitis. No Staph aureus or Strep uberis

Brooke Flett

600 cows, Pasture - Conventional

New Zealand

Herdscreen

250k SCC w/o 50 mastitis cows

ACR's recalibration

Low SCC restored, cases subsided

Brian Karels, Goat Farm

1,000 goats - Conventional Farming

New Zealand

Herdscreen

Hygiene grade

Staph aureus & CNS

Segregation, Iodine Teat Spray

SCC and Bactoscan Compliant

Mark

New Zealand

Snapshot

No infringement - SCC normally around 100k

A Proactive SNAPSHOT™ test showed the presence of high levels of hygiene markers.

Further testing was done to identify Staph aureus cows

Herd & Farm Health Maintained

Herdscreen

Whole Herd Cow Level Mastitis Testing

Staph Infection Control

Unparalleled Staph aureus Detection

Herdscreen has high sensitivity to Staph aureus & CNS
It is also a broad mastitis pathogen detection system.

A Rewarding Effort

We know that sampling your herd can be stressful.
Farm Medix guides you along the way to make sure your Herdscreen is succcessful.
We’ll put you in touch with our partners if you need a hand.

Unprecedented Results

Strategic decision making tool.

Should I mate her? Should I segregate her? Should I cull her? Should I dry her off early? Should I dry-cow her? Should I further investigate her?

HERDSCREEN® is a fast and economical way to screen cows for subclinical mastitis- especially where Staph aureus is an issue.

Herdscreen Process

Limited Effort,

to Regain Control

Order & Schedule

1

Contact our team by phone, email, text or chat, using our contact form.
Schedule the Herdscreen intervention.

Herd Sampling

2

Collect samples yourself or with the help of one of our partners.

Farm Medix Analysis

3

We analyse your samples in our lab.
Within 48 hours or less, you get our report and a phone consulting session with one of our experts.

Herdscreen Report

4

Identified pathogens
Recommendation for each cow
Herd statistics

Consultation

5

We discuss your animals results and next steps.
Now, in accordance with your Veterinary Protocol, you can make strategic decisions for your herd on an animal level basis.