Mastitis Control in Dairy Herds - Roger Blowey and Peter Edmondson

Mastitis Control in Dairy Herds

Hardback book, 246 x 189 mm, 204 pages inc 122 colour photographs.

Roger Blowey FRCVS and Peter Edmondson FRCVS

1st Edition, 1995, fully revised 2000

Price £24.95

ISBN 0-85236-314-1

This book gives farmers and veterinarians a thorough understanding of the causes of mastitis and equips them to instigate the necessary control measures against it.
The book starts with a clear account of what mastitis is. The authors describe the anatomy of the udder and teats and how the defence mechanisms of the cow help to counteract disease. They show how mastitis can be recorded and monitored and the way in which it can affect milk quality.
The authors go on to show how the milking machine functions and discuss in detail what impact this has on mastitis. They provide chapters on the environment, summer mastitis, common teat conditions and treatment.

Mastitis Control in Dairy Herds - Roger Blowey and Peter Edmondson


		E Coli mastitis. Damage to blood vessels may be so extensive that serum oozes through the surface of the udder skin, as well as into the mammary gland.

Growth of bacteria from an udder cloth sampled during milking.

		Clear diagrams in the book show both the structure of the teat and how to carry out necessary procedures. This is part of a sequence showing how to carry out the California Mastitis Test (CMT).