QUALITY MILK SERVICE
What can QMS do to improve milk quality and profitability for your dairy? 
- To Meet consumer demands
- Safety, flavor, shelf-life
- To make Profit
- Healthier udders
- For Higher milk production
- Fewer expenses
- Quality premiums
- Reproductive efficiency
- Mastitis costs Kshs 13,000/cow/year
What are the cause(s) of poor quality milk?
* Poor udder health will lead to infected milk produced by the cow
Why Worry About Udder Care?
* Mastitis impairs reproductive performance.
What is mastitis?
* Mastitis is the inflammation of the udder. Its caused by micro-organisms that multiply and damage milk secreting cells.
The inflammation of the mammary gland caused by micro-organisms, usually bacteria that invade the udder, multiply and produce toxins that are harmful to the mammary gland.
Effects of Mastitis:
- Increased Somatic Cell Count
- Reduced Milk quality, premiums
- Reduced Production
- Increased Discarded milk
- Increased Treatment costs
- Reduced Reproductive efficiency
- Increased Premature culling
- Increased Death loss
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