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UCD Graduate Certificate in Dairy Herd Health

Probably the most ambitious activity I chose to include in my fellowship Training & Development Plan was to enrol in an 18 month postgraduate programme. This is definitely challenging, as most of the lectures and assignments will have to be attended in my free time. However, I did feel this would help me develop skills on […]

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About mastitis

According to the definition of the Intenational Dairy Federation (IDF), mastitis is defined as an inflammatory reaction of the mammary gland and represents an indicator of the udder health status. This disease has a wide impact over animal welfare and production, and produces great economic losses in the dairy industry. This is specially evident in […]

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