Invited review: Mastitis in dairy heifers: Nature of the disease, potential impact, prevention, and control S. De Vliegher, L.K. Fox, S. Piepers, S. McDougall, H.W. Barkema Journal of Dairy Science Volume 95, Issue 3, Pages 1025-1040 (March 2012) DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4074 Copyright © 2012 American Dairy Science Association Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Early lactation daily incidence rate of clinical mastitis for heifers (●) and cows (parity >1; ▽) from 30 New Zealand dairy herds (data derived from McDougall et al., 2007a). Journal of Dairy Science 2012 95, 1025-1040DOI: (10.3168/jds.2010-4074) Copyright © 2012 American Dairy Science Association Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Distribution of pathogens isolated from clinical mastitis cases from heifers (n=241), 3- to 4- (n=182), 5- (n=135), 6- to 7- (n=261), 8- (n=85) and >8-yr-old cows (n=160) from 28 New Zealand dairy herds (data derived from McDougall et al., 2007b). Journal of Dairy Science 2012 95, 1025-1040DOI: (10.3168/jds.2010-4074) Copyright © 2012 American Dairy Science Association Terms and Conditions