Studying a Shorter Dry Period
The University of Laval in Canada recently compared the effects of two different dry period lengths on health and reproduction....

Major Discovery in Fight Against Streptococcal Infections
Group B streptococcus, or Streptococcus agalactiae, is responsible for infections of the bovine mammary gland (mastitis), and can also cause serious diseases in humans (e.g. pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia), particularly in neonates....

Emerging Mastitis Threats on Dairy Industry
Pamela L Ruegg from the Dairy Science Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison looks at oagulase negative staphylococci (CNS), environmental streptococci, Mycoplasma spp, and Serratia spp, which are increasingly common in US dairy herds....