Which dairy herds qualify as good candidates for autogenous bacterins?
Our 25 year history of veterinary diagnostics and bacterin production has confirmed the following herd health characteristics: A. Herds with high herd health management disciplines including areas of milking equipment, environment, cow handling technique, back-flushing, and teat dipping. B. Herds that have already evaluated the available commercial vaccines and still experience an unacceptable frequency of clinical or sub-clinical mastitis cows and high somatic cell counts. C. Herds with managers who are willing to draw diagnostic milk samples every 5 to 6 months and keep records to evaluate immunization performance. D. Herds where a consulting veterinarian has established a good client-animal-doctor relationship and is totally familiar with the mastitis situation on this farm.
