153. Mastitis monitoring and control should be a part of routine veterinary visits. Milk samples should be taken in order to identify the causal agent and antibiotic sensitivity testing carried out to allow better targeting with antibiotics or other efficacious treatments (paragraph 206).
154. The development of systems to aid the early detection of mastitis should be encouraged by the Government and the industry (paragraph 207).
155. Consideration should be given by the industry to the central collection of SCC data and records of cases of clinical mastitis, to aid monitoring of mastitis health in the national herd (paragraph 211).
156. The written health and welfare programme (see paragraph 62 of main text) should ensure that routine prophylactic measures which are required are given at the correct time and at the correct dose. (paragraph 222).
157. Infectious diseases should be controlled by good management and attention to detail. Measures include good hygiene, adequate ventilation and, in the case of calves, supervised colostrum intake. Vaccinations may be appropriate against certain infections (paragraph 223).
158. Internal parasites should be controlled by grazing management and appropriate use of anthelmintics (or vaccine in the case of lungworms) based upon the epidemiology of the disease (paragraph 225).
159. Diseases caused by external parasites, especially where irritation and rubbing are caused, should be controlled by appropriate parasiticides (paragraph 226).