15 November 2015
Carbery and Teagasc held a milk quality and animal health workshop in November 2015. A number of key note speakers were present on the day addressing issues such as:
Johnes Disease & risk assessment/mitigation
Conor McAloon, PhD Student at UCD (working on JD)
Proper milking equipment washing routines
Dr. David Gleeson, Dairy Research Technician at Teagasc Moorepark
Trichloromethane (TCM) and avoidance measures
Dr. Bernadette O'Brien, Senior Research Office at Teagasc Moorepark
Somatic Cell Count (SCC) and CellCheck Programme
Finola McCoy, Program Manager, CellCheck, Animal Health Ireland (AHI)