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Lancaster Farming Saturday, December 14,1991-D5
Wildwood Farm Is
Second Best For
Mastitis Control
JUDY PATTON
Union Co. Correspondent
At Wildwood Valley Farm in
Lewisburg, the Pennsylvania
Dairy Herd Improvement Associa
tion (Pa.DHIA) mastitis manage
ment program is an integral part of
the tender loving care given to
each cow.
As a result, Steve and Ruth San
ders won second place in
Pa.DHIA’s first award program
for the most improved low somatic
cell count in 1991.
Somatic Cell Counts (SCQ are
a measure of the quality of the milk
and an indication of the health of a
milking herd. Infections of the
udder raise the number of somatic
cells which are released into the
milk. The lower the number, the
healthier the herd. One cow with a
high SCC can raise the count of the
entire bulk tank milk, decreasing
its value.
Therefore, management tech
niques which prevent the spread of
(he various forms of mastitis are
useful in creating a profitable
dairy.
During the past year, the San
ders had a 35 percent improvement
in their average SCC linear score,
reaching a score of 2.6. Their
herd’s average raw county of
74,000 put them in first place in
Union County.
In addition to getting more milk
from having a low SCC, the San
ders receive a quality milk bonus
from their milk cooperative,
Dairylea.
At the end of the year, Dairylea
Cooperative Inc. sends a bar graph
which shows the monthly raw
counts and linear scores. At Wild
wood Valley Farm, the bar graph
reported excellent-range results
almost eveiy month.
The Sanders herd has been on
the Pa.DHIA mastitis program
ever since it started, so Ruth and
Steve have monitored their 18
registered Holsteins and two
Jersey closely.
During lactation, any cow
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Robert Smola
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whose county goes up is immedi
ately tested by culturing milk sam
ples to determine the cause. The
cow is then treated. Cows that
chronically have linear scores of 4
or above are culled.
Because the Sanders are “natur
al” fanners who don’t use antibio
tics, they are on the “Impro” masti
tis program. A month before dry
ing off the cow, they send a culture
sample in to the company lab.
When they get their results, they
treat with an injection of “Impro,”
a whey product, into the vein of the
tail. The culture and treatment (as
required) series is repeated at least
twice two weeks before
freshening, and on the day of
freshening.
Even in the worst summer heat,
the Sanders have maintained a
35,000 SCC. How?
During the summer, the cows
are kept in the bam during the day
and are left to pasture over night.
Also, while in the bam, the bed
ding is either newspaper or straw.
The couple milks three times a
day, and Ruth sprays the teats with
a Chlorohexadine dip before milk
ing and dries them with a paper
towel. After milking, she applies to
the teats the same spray, but with,
glucose added.
The setup in the bam and milk
house is based on two vacuum
pumps one runs two bucket
milkers and the other operates the
dumping station. The milking sys
tem is sanitized before each milk
ing, and the units are completely
taken apart for thorough cleaning
every morning. Inflations are
replaced every other month.
The current rolling herd average
for the Holstein herd is 20,830
pounds of milk, 813 pounds of fat,
and 639 pounds of protein. Ruth
and Steve took over the farm six
years ago from Ruth’s father, Ray
Yerger. Ruth’s grandfather bought
the farm in 1927. The Sanders
worked as breeding technicians
before farming.
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