Managing the risk of mastitis in wet weather

Muddy conditions from floods and the ongoing wet conditions in Australia created an increased risk of mastitis in their cows. What can farmers do to manage this risk? Agriculture Victoria Dairy Industry Development Officer, Richard Smith, says that cows standing in wet paddocks and moving through muddy and damaged laneways have an increased risk of mastitis. But there are a number of simple things farmers can do to manage the risk of mastitis developing in their cows, he says, “including ma