Clinical presentation of lactational breast abscess usually includes fever, chills, malaise, and recent or recurrent mastitis. Pain, erythema, and firmness over an area of the breast are typically ...

1. Brush teats to remove dirt. 2. Forestrip (2-3 squirts) to detect mastitis. 3. Pre-dip with disinfectant. 4. Attach cluster ...

A sheep in Yorkshire has tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza on a property that also held captive birds, making it the ...

During lactation, a spectrum of inflammatory and infectious complications may occur, ranging from milk stasis and mastitis to frank abscess formation. [19] Ductal obstruction may result in ...

Record prices for dairy-beef crossbred calves have made it easy to swing the pendulum to using more beef genetics for cash ...

Garcia noted that teat skin chapping (frostbite) can become a problem in lactating cows during cold, windy weather. Chapping makes the teat more susceptible to bacterial infections, particularly ...

The feeding of dairy cows at grass has a huge bearing on subsequent herd fertility, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy.

Mar. 25, 2025 — In 2010, a researcher was pouring over research data when he discovered something he thought was odd: His data showed that at 6 months of age, formula-fed babies born of mothers ...

Editor’s note: This is the first of a series of articles on mastitis, treatment protocols and new research. The Food and Drug Administration requires all farms that ...