Survey puts question mark over value of fore-milking

摘要

The pre-milking routine has been brought into the spotlight as new results from the 2013 National Mastitis Survey indicate that herds which choose not to fore-milk record the lowest rates of clinical mastitis."This is counter-intuitive," said vet Andy Biggs, from the Vale Group in Devon, who presented the findings at the Livestock Event.Emphasising the figures do not mean there is a cause and effect, he said: "It could be that the very good herds, with low levels of mastitis, just don't bother to foremilk,or it could be the diagnosis rate is low where farmers are not foremilking."