Why you need to step up udder health post-calving

While cases of mastitis are falling on a national level, producers should not take their eye off the ball when it comes to udder health in and around the transition period

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A focus on udder health in dry cows helps them to reach their full potential.
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A focus on udder health in dry cows helps them to reach their full potential.

Udder health is one area of herd management which responds well to pro-active management with a focus on data, record keeping, monitoring, cow-side testing and veterinary input. And, says Progiene's...

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