Session 18. Economic and animal aspects of mastitis & fertility in cattle

Date: 24 August 2010; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Kuipers (NL)

Theatre Session 18

• Recent trends in mastitis and fertility indicators in the United States and reasons for change
  Norman, H.D.
• Economic and animal aspects of Mastitis and Fertility
  Coffey, M.P., Wall, E., Pritchard, T. and Amer, P.
• Economics of mastitis
  Huijps, K. and Hogeveen, H.
• Cow-specific treatment of clinical mastitis: an economic approach
  Steeneveld, W., Barkema, H., Van Werven, T. and Hogeveen, H.
• Economic aspects of dairy fertility in the USA
  De Vries, A.
• The economic importance of fertility in beef cattle breeding
  Åby, B.A., Vangen, O., Sehested, E. and Aass, L.
• Health monitoring system in Austrian Dual Purpose Fleckvieh cattle: incidences and prevalences
  Schwarzenbacher, H., Obritzhauser, W., Fürst-Waltl, B., Köck, A. and Egger-Danner, C.
• Economic status in dairy herds ranked by a reproductive performance indicator that accounts for the voluntary waiting period
  Emanuelson, U., Löf, E. and Gustafsson, H.
• Correlated selection responses for fertility after selection for protein yield or mastitis in a selection experiment with Norwegian Red cows
  Heringstad, B. and Larsgard, A.G.

Poster Session 18

• Investigation of SCC in the milk of Holstein cows in Greece
  Pilafidis, O., Tsiokos, D. and Georgoudis, A.
• Economic losses resulting from subclinical mastitis in dairy cows
  Jemeljanovs, A., Cerina, S. and Konosonoka, I.H.
• Factors influencing the results of resynchronisation programs with and without progesterone supplementation
  Tsousis, G., Forro, A., Sharifi, A.R. and Bollwein, H.
• Effects of Vitex Agnus-Castus on serum progesterone concentrations in dairy cows
  Farhoodi, M., Khorshid, M. and Ataee, O.
• Antagonistic effects of Lactococcus lactis PTCC 1403 on bovine mastitis pathogens: in vitro study
  Farhoudi, M., Mottaghian, P., Mousakhani, F. and Dini, P.