Mastitis Cost Calculator
Worldwide 3 main diseases threaten dairy farms: fertility is an ongoing issue, lameness becomes of more and more concern, and mastitis is still relevant. Despite a good knowledge of the pathology, the cost of both clinical and subclinical mastitis is often ignored or underestimated.
If direct consequences (udder damages) and direct costs (cost of treatment, veterinarian fees and time spent to treat animals) of mastitis are obvious, undirect consequences and costs are often neglected despite much more economical impact. The main undirect cost is the decrease of milk production for the current lactation and also, because of irreversible damages, for the next lactation. Optimizing milk production and milk quality is a priority for dairy sector. Optimizing milk production means optimizing farmers’ profit. And the strongest leverage measure to achieve optimum milk production is to prevent mastitis. Think hygiene, think high gain!
CID LINES has developed a tool, the mastitis cost calculator, to determine precisely and specifically the cost of mastitis on farm level. Enter the number of clinical cases per month, the level of somatic cell count, the production level, the price of the milk and you’ll obtain the cost of mastitis for your herd.
Prevention Cost Calculator Pigs & Poultry
CID LINES's new tablet and smartphone app Prevention Cost Calculator has been developed to assist pork & poultry producers in how to make the right management decisions for their sanitation protocols.
Above all, the app serves as a calculation tool. On the basis of farm data it will give a perfect insight into the volume of detergent and disinfectant needed for a personalised hygiene protocol. The advice will be based on parameters linked to the size of the pen as well as management data like downtime and stocking density. The calculation method is based on scientific studies as well as field experience of CID LINES technical specialists.
Apart from a calculation tool, the app also serves as a budgeting tool. It allows pork producers to estimate very precisely the total amount of detergents and disinfectants needed per cycle per year or per animal sold.
Download the Prevention Cost Calculator in the the app store. The app is available for iOS and Android