Providing you with articles that answer your questions about the importance of proper milking procedures and the symptoms of common diseases that can be transmitted.  Scan through the articles to find the answers to your questions!

• Efficient Milking
  • Milk quality, automatic take off, vacuum level, milking phase
  • Juan Rodrigo Pedraza, March/April 2017
• Winter Strategies for Enhancing Teat Health & Milk Quality
  • Keywords: teat health, teat damage, teat dip dips, cold, freezing, mastitis
  • Heather Schlesser, November/December 2016
• Clean Teats are Important
  • Keywords: teats, cleanliness, hygiene
  • Zen Miller, May/June 2010
• Cleanliness Reduces Mastitis & Improves Milk Quality
  • Keywords: cleanliness, mastitis, somatic cell count
  • Zen Miller, May/June 2012
• The California Mastitis Test
  • Keywords: mastitis, CMT
  • Mark Mayer July/August 2015
• Culturing Mastitis to Determine Treatment
  • Keywords: mastitis
  • Sarah Sacker, July/August 2012
• Disinfectant & Antibiotics
  • Keywords: disinfectant, antibiotics, bacteria
  • January/February 2010
• Facilities Hygiene
  • Keywords: sanitation, poor hygiene
  • March/April 2010
• How is Milk Produced?
  • November/December 2010
• Infusion Teat Protocol
  • May/June 2009
• Marking Barrels
  • Keywords: monitoring usage of teat dip
  • Paul Dyk, May/June 2010
• Mastitis
  • Keywords: symptoms, causes
  • March/April 2009
• Milk from Cows Treated with Antibiotics Can’t Go into the Bulk Tank
  • Keywords: antibiotic treatment, treated milk
  • January/February 2012
• Milking Machine Role in Mastitis
  • Keywords: milking
  • September/October 2010
• Milk Let-Down & Oxytocin
  • Keywords: good procedure ideas, improvements for milk let-down, oxytocin
  • Zen Miller, July/August 2009
• Recommended Milking Procedures
  • Keywords: Mastitis, fore-milk, milking procedures
  • July/August 2013
• The Role of Water in Mastitis
  • Keywords: cleanliness, mastitis, bacteria
  • Trisha Wagner, May/June 2013
• Types of Mastitis
  • Keywords: clinical, sub-clinical, environmental, contagious mastitis
  • November/December 2009
• What are Somatic Cells?
  • Keywords: blood cells
  • September/October 2009
• What is the Purpose of Teat Dip?
  • Keywords: mastitis, teat dips
  • Abby Huibregtse, November/December 2011
• Why Forestrip?
  • Keywords: mastitis, milk let-down
  • July/August 2010
• Why Milking Procedures
  • Keywords: fore-stripping, pre-dipping, wiping, unit attachment, post-dipping
  • January/February 2009