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Animal Health Diagnostic Center - Laboratory
Sections
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Quality Milk Production Services
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The Quality Milk Production Services (QMPS) program is very active.
With a total staff of 35, over 170,000 cultures and other tests were
performed during the past year, along with over 2,600 farm visits
and 7,500 telephone consulations. All of these services address milk
quality issues that are of great significance to milk producers.
Research projects during the past year have included biosecurity and
bovine mastitis, total quality management practices on dairy farms,
evaluation of anti-bacterial therapy cure rates for bovine mastitis,
and eleven other such initiatives.
QMPS serves the dairy industry of New York State by promoting the
production of high quality milk through the control of mastitis, and
the avoidance of antibiotic residues in milk through field and laboratory
diagnostic evaluations and recommendations.
Program goals are achieved by providing expertise in diagnostic services,
milking management evaluation, therapy recommendations, mastitis prevention,
education, and research.
The program also provides current information on new mastitis control
technology and is a source of information on new state and national
programs to improve milk quality and food safety assiciated with mastitis
and milk hygiene.
Four regional laboratories (in Ithace, Cobleskill, Potsdam, and Geneseo)
serve as an extension of the Animal Health Diagnostic Center,
assisting in performing field and laboratory diagnostic evaluations
of dairy problems, obtaining diagnosis, and promoting the control
of other infectious diseases affecting the agricultural industry in
New York State.
For more information and a complete list of specific test services
provided by QMPS, please refer to the Quality
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