Economic impact of mastitis control practices

Quantify costs of mastitis in Canada and evaluate the economic impact of mastitis control practices

Results

The cost of mastitis in a herd represent $660 per cow

• Half of these costs are associated with subclinical mastitis :
  –       72 % are losses incured due to drop of milk production in affected cows
  –       25 % associated with increased culling risk

• A third of these costs are associated with clinical mastitis :
• –       34 % caused by reduced milk production
  –       48 % associated with increased culling and mortality risk
• –       The average cost of clinical mastitis is $744