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REDUCING YOUR SCO
CAN SAVE YOU
MONEY
Knocking down somatic cell
counts can earn bonuses for
many dairymen and with the
new regulations starting in July
could be trouble for some.
Don’t let quality premiums slip
away by ignoring little things.
You can improve your cash
flow by harvesting the quality
premiums.
On the Pennsylvania DHIA
report, cows are ranked from
highest to lowest. Any cow
showing up on the top of the
list could be milk last. That
way you don’t take any risk of
infections downthe lineto other
cows.
If you do have high cows
there are follow up procedures
to specifically identify the prob
lem.
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Efforts to keep the SCO
low can start before you DHIA
sample are taken and the cows
are milked. By making sure
your cows aren’t dirty. Envi
ronmental practices can also
help to eliminate problems
before they get started such
as clean cows, clean dry bed
ding. Proper disposal of ma
nure instead of letting it accu
mulate.
With cows in a clean, dry
environment and also the most
importantly the milking time
sanitation. Cows should be
washed with disinfectant and
water with one disposable pa-
(Turn to Pago A 37)
No. of Cows lb milk/day lb milk, day
YOUR HERD
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WhAt can you save by
REDUCING YOUR SCC ??
reduced by Vi reduced by V*
Average Production by SCC Code
(raw data, PA DHIA, 1985)
avg test
day milk
60.8
57.5 .
54.6
51.2
code
0
1
2
3
DESIGN • BUILD • CONTRACTORS
% cows
involved
4.6
11.0
18.0
21.0
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SCC milk less/day
code per cow per day
•Trends of SCC codes for each cow and for
the herd can be monitored through use of
ARIS services, or summary sheets available
through your DHIA supervisor or the state
extension dairyman.
The SCC on the DHIA report does not
indicate which quarters are infected. Usually
only one or two quarters are involved.
Infected quarters should be identified by the
California Mastitis Test.
•For every cow with an SCC score of 7, it
takes 16 or more cows with a score of 3to
lower the herd average cell count to score 4,
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48.2
47.2
47.5
47.3
45.4
40.1
SCC range ml
(thousands)
no samp'e
0-17
18-35
36-70
71-141
142-282
1.51 b
3.0 lb
4.5 lb
6.01 b
7.5 lb
9.01 b
10.5 lb
283-565
566-1130
1131-2261
2262-4523
over 4523
EQUESTRIAN
* RIDING ARENAS
* STABLES, ETC.
rye
17.0
11.0
. 7.6
4.4
2.0
0.6