A22-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 27, 1990
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On The Reco
Dick Barth
PA DHIA General Mgi
Prostaph Update Due
It’s been a long time since
members and others have had any
new information about the ELISA
test for Staph, aureus mastitis
(known as Pro Staph I) that was
introduced last January. An
update is overdue.
What is Pro Staph I? It is a rapid
test of a non-sterile milk sample
(that is, a DHIA sample) for the
presence of the antigen that a dairy
cow produces when she is infected
with Staph, aureus mastitis.
In theory, the test results should
correlate with the presence of
Staph, mastitis; a negative mean
ing no mastitis, a positive meaning
infection.
There have been quite a few
articles about this test this year in
trade literature. If you have fol
lowed them, you know that there
is considerable debate about what
the test results mean.
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PTO horsepower. It also has direct injection for good fuel econ
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A couple of other features make this Kubota tractor a real
workhorse. An 8 x 8 partially synchronized transmission for easy
shifting. Position and draft control for more accurate implement
placement.
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The original research done at
Penn State last year showed that a
negative test result was very reli
able, but a positive result had
about a 50% probability of truly
being positive for Staph, aureus
mastitis.
More research has been under
way at Penn State this year and
should be over soon. It is hoped
this latest information will reveal
more about the reliability of a
positive test result.
Differing opinions between
researchers in states where
research has been done has been a
real obstacle to the uniform adop
tion of this technology across the
U.S. Some states are using the
Pro Staph I analysis quite exten
sively. Other states have been
slower to adopt
For that reason, DHIA Services,
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that intriduced the test, will con
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National Mastitis Council Annual
Meeting next February to discuss
their findings. It’s hoped that a
common discussion will provide a
common basis for understanding
and a uniform proposal for use of
test results.
More information should be
available when the latest Penn
Itate research is completed.
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STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) —This data is These data are valuable from a business man
pulled from Pennsylvania DHIA’s mainframe agement standpoint and can be used for compar
computer each week. It is a one-week summary ing your operations to the averages from almost
representing approximately one-fourth of the 1,400 herds across the state,
herds on test, as they are tested monthly.
•Feed Consumed Per Cow Per DHIA Averages for all herds processed between
Year(Lbs) 10/08/90 and 10/15/90
2 mn o Number of Herds Processed 1,404
n ‘ c .? y Number of Cows Processed 82,306
£ * llage D t o 14 ’ 5 g Number of Cows Per Herd 58.6
•Feed Cost Per I Cow Per Year(s) Per Cow (Lbs) 16 3 66
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r. SSL ™ %-Protein 3.18
D- Pasture 20 Protein Per Cow (Lbs) 538
•Total Feed Cost Per Cow Per AverageOays in Milk Per Cow 315
902 *Value for CWT Milk(s) 14.79
•Sme Over Feed Co SB Per J» CWT GraM(l) 7.99
Yp , r( r. 1 602 ‘Value for CWT Hay(s) 4.33
•Grain to Milk Ratio 1:2.4 ‘Value for CWT Silage(s) 1.51
•Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s) 5.33 * Value f ? r Per 31
Avg Level For 1,183 SCC Herds 343,274 ‘Value for Milk Per Cow Per
•Member generated figure. 2 ’ 505
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