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
Team
- Simon Dufour (Principal Investigator, UMontréal)
- Greg Keefe (collaborator, UPEI)
- Kehar Singh (collaborator, UPEI)
- Herman Barkema (collaborator, UCalgary)
- Dave Kelton (collaborator, UGuelph)
- Mahjoob Aghamohammadi (MSc candidate, UMontréal)
