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Translated materials continue to be added to the NMC website. Primarily Spanish and French translations of NMC factsheets and short articles, the site also includes links to other translations. To view the current translations, click here.

The Summary of Peer-Reviewed Publications on Efficacy of Premilking and Postmilking Teat Disinfectants Published Since 1980 is compiled by the NMC as a way to provide teat dip efficacy information to the dairy industry. The Summary, which includes information such as product name, manufacturer, active ingredient(s) and product efficacy, is updated annually and published in the NMC Annual Meeting Proceedings and posted on the website [click here].

Research papers published since the Summary was last compiled (January 2008) are currently being reviewed for possible inclusion in the next summary (2009 NMC Proceedings). To be considered, the paper must have been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and the study must have followed protocols essentially as described by the NMC.

If you have a research paper to be considered for inclusion in the updated Summary, click here. The deadline for submission is December 5, 2008.

The NMC Research Committee recently developed “Guidelines for Evaluating Teat Skin Condition”, a document that describes procedures for determing the effects on teat skin condition of products applied as a disinfectant or a teat treatment.

Included are methods for making teat skin condition observations (when and how); what parameters to check (color, dryness, chapping, hyperkeratosis and cutaneous damage); and trial design and evaluation. Some examples of teat condition (full color photos) are included.

Click here to view or download the document [file size 500k].

All the papers presented at last month’s NMC Regional Meeting in Visalia, California are now available in the NMC Online Proceedings Library, which includes all the papers from NMC meetings back to 2001. This is accessible through the “members-only section” of the NMC website.

Not an NMC member yet? Click here to find out more.

Papers presented at this year’s NMC Regional Meeting, held May 22-23 in Visalia, California, have been published and will be mailed to all NMC members. The papers will also be available in the Online Proceedings Library by June 5. The Online Proceedings Library is accessible through the “members only” section of the NMC website (the link is under the “membership” button).