7/27/2019 Summary of “Full Report on the Milk Quality Survey” by Casey Odom

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Summary of “Full Report on the Milk Quality Survey” By Casey Odom

This report gives a look at the results from the Survey of Mastitis Management on Dairy Farms. We found that on average the

owners and managers who responded to the survey have lower Bulk Tank Somatic Cell Counts than those reported in the USDA’s

most recent estimates.This data can be seen presented in the chart below. We also discovered that 75% of participants never usevaccines to control mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Only 8% of participants always use vaccines to control mastitis cause by Staphylococcus aureus. This can also be seen in Chart 2 below. All of this data, along with much more, was collected with the

Survey of Mastitis Management on Dairy Farms and is described in the Full Report on the Milk Quality Survey.

.*Estimates from http://aipl.arsusda.gov/publish/dhi/dhi11/sccrpt.htm

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How often do you use vaccines

to treat Staphlococcus aureus?