Ideal udder health status ( based on SCC)
Criteria Ideal udder health targets
Bulk Milk Somatic Cell Count < 250,000 cells/ml
Herd average ( actual) < 200,000 SCC
Herd average ( DHI Linear Score) < 3.0 LS SCC
100% of first calvers (DHI) < 100,000 SCC
> 85% of herd < 200,000 SCC
> 95% of herd < 500,000 SCC
Incidence of Clinical Mastitis < 25 cows /100 cows / year
# of culls due to udder health
problems < 5 cows/ 100 cows/ year