The National Cohort of Dairy Farms

A Research Platform for Mastitis Management, Planning and Control in Canada and Beyond

Authors

  • K. K. Reyher Atlantic Veterinary College, Department of Health Management, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
  • D. L. Scholl Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20084487

Keywords:

mastitis management, disease control, research platform

Abstract

Individual mastitis management, planning and control research projects are often limited in impact and scope by the high costs of extensive field data collection and processing. To mitigate this, the Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network (CBMRN) has created a single mastitis research platform - the National Cohort of Dairy Farms (NCDF) - to optimize data collection for several different research endeavours simultaneously. The platform is multi-institutional and national in scope and supports the collection, archiving and distribution of data for the applied and fundamental mastitis research projects currently forming the CBMRN research program.

Cover image of the 41st Conference Proceedings: A herd of cattle standing in the field, framed by a cloudy sky. Yellow background.

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Published

2008-09-25

Issue

2008

Section

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