Resources

Useful Links:

• Veterinarians Guide to Residue Avoidance Management (VetGRAM)
  • VetGRAM website
  • How to use the VetGRAM website
  
  
• The University of Tennessee Food Safety Center of Excellence
  
  

NMC Resources:

The NMC website provides quite a number of fact sheets and articles dealing with mastitis and dairying. We have provided some links for common issues, as well as the last link that takes you to a listing of many other NMC resources.

• Glossary of Mastitis Terms
• Recommended Milking Procedures
• Teat Disinfection Facts
• Dry Cow Therapy
• Procedures for Improving Udder Health
• National Mastitis Council Recommended Mastitis Control Program
• Milking Tips from the National Mastitis Council
• The Value and Use of DHI Somatic Cell Counts
• Follow These Recommendations When Predipping
• Procedures for Collecting Milk Samples
• Use These Treatment Procedures
• Staph aureus Infections Respond Poorly to Treatment
• Strep ag Mastitis Can Be Eliminated From Your Herd
• Susceptibility to Infection Varies During the Dry Period
• A Practical Look at Environmental Mastitis
• Minimize Conditions Which Increase Exposure to Environmental Pathogens
• A Practical Look at Contagious Mastitis
• A Summary of Peer-Reviewed Publications on Efficacy of Premilking and Postmilking Teat Disinfectants Published Since 1980 (updated January 2005)
• NMC Information and Resources Full of information!!! This section contains the most articles on the NMC website.