What Prime Mastitis does
You already know that the MilkHub sensor looks at first foremilk characteristics of each cow, every milking, and ranks cows based on the measurements derived. Prime Mastitis is a mastitis measurement that looks at
how cows are changing. It's a way of seeing changes in individual mastitis measurements.
How to interpret the Prime Mastitis measurement
A cow who is not changing will have a measurement of 1. Cows who have had an increase in their mastitis measurements will be above 1. Cows who have had a decrease in their mastitis measurements will be below 1. It is possible for cows to have a sudden decrease in their Prime Mastitis measurements due to the infected quarter being blocked. Prime Mastitis is a sensitive measurement so cows with numbers less than
0.95 or greater than
1.05 are changing very fast.
How to use miHub to find your high Prime Mastitis cows
1. Go to Herd Management > Scratchpad.
2. Click on Add/Remove Columns on the right hand side.
3. Click on the gold arrow next to Mastitis and select Prime Mastits.
4. Click on the gold arrow next to Other and select Rank then click Apply.
5. Sort by prime mastitis by clicking on the Prime Mastitis heading.
6. Click on Add Criteria near the top of the page.
7. Under Which Column select Rank.
8. In the Equals box select Less Than.
9. Find out what 5% of your herd is (herd size divided by 20) and type this in the Value box.
10. Click Add.
To alert on these cows:
1. Click the Select All box in the top left corner to select all of these cows.
2. Go to Actions > In-Shed Action
3. Enter the Reason for alert (Check Mastitis), set the Audible alert for Entry and select the date & time you want to check the cows.
4. Click Confirm.
If you would like to save this report so you can use it again:
1. Click on Save User Report in the top right corner.
2. Give the report a Name and Description.
3. Click Save.
4. To make this report a favourite go to Herd Management > More Reports..., find the report and click the star on the left so it turns gold.
Similiarly, you can use the above method to find the lowest 5% of your Prime Mastitis cows for checking. This method is recommended to check that none of the very low Prime Mastitis cows have blocked infected quarters.
The MilkHub in-shed system will sound and display when a cow you have set up to alert steps onto the platform and her electronic tag is read by the platform RFID reader. This allows you to check her before you cup her. You can draft her out and bring her back onto the platform after milking for treatment.