SCC: Threat to your profit Tel: 01-4502142 www.progressivegenetics.ie Text “SCC” to 086-7801666 for info
Costs of High SCC • Penalty for high cells/tbc • Cost of antibiotics • Cost of the loss of milk for the treatment period • Loss of yield from cow for whole lactation • Cost of farmer’s time to manage treatments, recording, collecting the treated milk and dumping it • Cost of antibiotic penalty • Cost of truck of milk if antibiotic present • Stress
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Cell Count Penalty (Source Glanbia) 400,000 - 500,000 0.8 cent per litre 501,000 - 600,000 1.7 cent per litre >601,000 2.0 cent per litre For example a supplier with 350,000 litres With an average cell count of 420,000 for all year around =€2800 Realistically cell count goes up in the Autumn. September 35000 litres @0.8c/l=€280 October 21770 litres @0.8c/l=€174 November 16450 litres @ 0.8c/l =€132 Total €586
Cost of treatment Typical Mastitis tube cost €3.25 per tube One Mastitis case is 3 tubes x €3.25 =€10 33% is the National Average for clinical cases Example 77cow herd 33% = 26 cases x€10 = €260 3 day treatment plus 3 days withholding=6 days @ 22 litres /day =3432 litres Milk price of 30c/l =€1047 Prescription cost €20 Total cost €1327
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Source: Cost of Quality presentation to Quality Workshop Anne Browne, Glanbia