Date Available
4-27-2017
Year of Publication
2017
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Animal and Food Sciences
Advisor
Dr. Jeffrey Bewley
Abstract
Mastitis is one of the most costly diseases to dairy producers around the world with milk yield loss being the biggest contributor to economic losses. The objective of first study of this thesis was to determine the impacts of high somatic cell counts on milk yield loss. To accomplish this, over one million cow data records were collected from Southeastern US dairy herds. The objective of the second study was to determine optimum treatment cost of clinical mastitis by combining two economic modeling approaches used in animal health economics. The last objective of this thesis was to determine how much Southeastern US dairy producers are spending to control milk quality on farm and determine if they understand how milk quality affects them economically. This was accomplished through a collaborative project within the Southeast Quality Milk Initiative.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2017.113
Recommended Citation
Nolan, Derek T., "AN EXAMINATION OF MILK QUALITY EFFECTS ON MILK YIELD AND DAIRY PRODUCTION ECONOMICS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES" (2017). Theses and Dissertations--Animal and Food Sciences. 71.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/animalsci_etds/71
