CRU symposium: Snapshots of research on udder health around the world

Programme

09.30-09.40 Renée Båge, Sigrid Agenäs
Welcome, introduction

09.40-09.55 Åsa Lundberg (Växa Sverige)
Farmer attitudes to risk factors for mastitis in dairy cows

09.55-10.10 Karl Pedersen (SVA, Sweden)
Identification of mastitis pathogens and their antibiotic resistance in Denmark

10.10-10.25 Gerrit Koop (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus mastitis in Ethiopian smallholder dairy farms

10.25-10.40 Coffee break

10.40-10.55 Rodrigo Carvalho Bicalho (Cornell University, USA)
New insights into Gram negative mastitis

10.55-11.10 Davide Porcellato (NMBU, Norway)
Is there a core microbiota in the udder and does it change in mastitis?

11.10-11.25 Mark McGuire (University of Idaho, USA)
Updates on the bovine milk microbiome and inflammation from Idaho

11.25-11.40 Monika Johansson (SLU, Sweden)
From udder health to milk quality

11.40-11.45 Concluding remarks