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National Mastitis Council

National Mastitis Council

A global dairy organization for mastitis control and quality milk production.
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RT @CornellCALS: Int'l ag award to honor young field researchers. Know someone who should be nominated? @WorldFoodPrize http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index...
Thanks for the coverage! RT @DairyHerd: NMC awards recognize quality milk production http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-n...
Factsheet from @UTAnimalScience - Guidelines for controlling environmental mastitis. http://animalscience.ag.utk.edu/Dairy...
Thanks @HoardsDairyman, for tweets from today's Wisc Dairy Field Reps Conference. Good info! #WDFRC
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC FDA Inspecter Goldsmith: The teat-prep protocol should be issued by mfgr. State & producer need copy of that.
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC FDA Inspector Donald Goldsmith: Main concern is that there is a teat-prep protocol copy on the farm.
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC FDA Inspector Donald Goldsmith: FDA does not approve robots, we approve teat-prep protocols.
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Richert: Even in the conventional world, research has shown that 1/3 of mastitis cases will self-cure.
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Richert: There are no approved organic products that have shown conclusive evidence to have an effect on mastitis
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Richert: SCC avgs in study- Organic 198k; Conventional grazing 166k; Conv nongrazing 183k. Not sig. different.
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Richert: Organic dairy cattle in 2002: 67,207. 2008: 249,766. In Wisconsin, there are about 500 dairy farms.
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Richert: USDA allows natural products under organic regs However FDA has not apprvd any of those natural products
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Richert: Organic farmers must record animal I.D. and all treatments administered.
One of this yr's NMC Scholars! RT @HoardsDairyman: Next at #WDFRC-Roxann Richert, UnivWis, on organic & small conventional farm milk quality
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Sipiorski: The head of the FDA equivalent in China gets sentenced to death when things go wrong with milk. Who wants that job next?
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Neubauer's talk, & all PDFs from seminars today, are on the website already: http://dairyfoods.wisc.edu/dfr...
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Neubauer: Nat'l Dairy FARM prgm thru @nmpf is great resource. Booklet is online, has very useful residue section.
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Neubauer: Need written SOPs & to train employees, write down treatments daily, prevent first, and consult vets.
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Neubauer: We need more vets involved so more dairies have established a veterinary-client-patient relationship.
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Neubauer: We, dairy, have a very very low rate of mistakes. But R 300X that of beef. We can do a much better job.
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Neubauer: #Dairy industry is now under increased surveillance. Why? 1. EU demands it 2. concern for consumer...
RT @HoardsDairyman: #WDFRC Neubauer: We need to think about not only milk, but also the meat side, when it comes to antibiotic use.
NMC 2nd vice prez John Middleton interviewed in this article about FDA restrictions on cephalosporin use. http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories...
Collecting milk samples for identifying mastitis pathogens? Follow these procedures: http://nmconline.org/article...
Papers Presented at the Annual Meeting Available Online - http://blog.nmconline.org/...
Papers Presented at the Annual Meeting Available Online - http://blog.nmconline.org/...
RT @Bovidiva: Best 25% of UK #dairy farmers have a somatic cell count of <158,000 cells/ml #BCBC12 #proudofdairy
Tnx for coming! RT @FranciscoJRV: On my way back to Madison. What a great #nmc12 meeting! Lots of knowledge, see you next year in San Diego.
Tnx for the great live tweets! RT @HoardsDairyman: We'll be signing off from #nmc12 Was great meeting, will be adjourning soon. Safe travels
Good panel discussion brings the symposium to a close. Still some short courses this evening, and then #nmc12 will be over!
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