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Dry Cow Consult Questionnaire 2022

Before your dry cow consult please fill in the following form and also find the following paperwork to have available on the day.
Fonterra clients:
- Your latest farm insights report
- Daily BMSCC graph for entire season or monthly averages of your BMSCC
Non Fonterra clients:
- Daily BSCC graph for entire season or monthly averages of you BMSCC
ALL clients:
- If you do not herd test with LIC or we don’t have MINDA access to your herd please print off any available herd test data you may have
If you have any issues completing this form there is a PDF option available to print and give/email back to us in the normal way.
Farm Name
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1. Peak number of cows milked this season?
2. Total number of heifers milked this season?
3. Estimated first dry off date?
4. Planned start of calving?
Clinical Mastitis
1. Please record the number of cases of clinical mastitis in each month in the relevant boxes below.
June 2021
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July 2021
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August 2021
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September 2021
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October 2021
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November 2021
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December 2021
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January 2022
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February 2022
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March 2022
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April 2022
Heifer Mastitis
6. Do you teatseal your heifers?
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YesNo
7. Total cases of heifer mastitis (July - September)
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Mastitis Treatments
8. What is your first line antibiotic used for mastitis?
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9. What treatment is used ‘second line’ or for ‘failure to cure’ cases?
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10. Do cows with mastitis receive an anti-inflammatory treatment?
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Yes - alwaysSometimes - for bad cases No
11. Do you routinely culture milk samples?
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YesNo
12. Total number of cows receiving 2 or more mastitis treatments
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13. Total number of cows requiring extended courses of antibiotics
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Mastitis related culling
14. Number of cows culled due to repeat clinical cases
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15. Number of cows culled due to high SCC or Staph Aureus
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16. Number of cows culled due to lost quarters
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Teat Spray
17. Do you use teat spray?
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All seasonPart seasonNever
18. Please select teat spray type
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IodineChlorhexidineChlorine
19. Name of teat spray brand?
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20. What ratio/concentration do you make it up at?
21. Where do you store the concentrate?
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22. How many days of spray do you make up at a time?
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23. Mastitis detection
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Strip herd once/twice a weekStrip herd based on clots on filter sockStrip herd when BMSCC increases
24. How many cases of mastitis did you have following dry off last year?
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25. What training have you and/or your staff received in Antibiotic Dry Cow and Teatseal administration in the last year?
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Watched the Zoetis/dairy wellness best practice video
On farm training with a Vet
Read guidance notes for drying off provided at dry cow consult
No recent training or refresher undertaken
Any additional comments/milk quality issues?

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