We checked questionable cows using the PortaSCC® milk test strips. We found
the information to be reliable and the test easy to implement.
Clark Vilter (pictured on the left) of Four Winds Farm , Hartland, Wisconsin has been raising and
showing prize-winning cows for more than 25 years. He is shown next to
Four Winds Magicman Delight, All American Aged Cow and Grand Champion
Guernsey at the 2003 World Dairy Expo. With such highly marketable
cattle, Mr. Vilter thinks it is extremely important to catch
sub-clinical mastitis in its early stages.
Because we trust the PortaSCC® milk test, we test every cow when she freshens. If our cell count starts to get high, we check the suspected cows again.
Anna Fritz, owner of Fritz Dairy Farm in Minerva, Ohio has been in the
dairy business for over 50 years. She has been using the PortaSCC® milk test
for two years. She has a herd of 95 Holsteins and tests about five cows a week.
I really like the test strips. I don’t want to go without them.
Mike Winscher, owner of McKay Dairy in Minnesota, has been milking cows
for over 25 years since taking over the family business started in 1952.
He owns around 100 Holsteins and has ran into mastitis on numerous
occasions.
It is a powerful management tool that with proper use, should let any
producer lower their cell counts. It will ensure that we get our milk
premium.
Philip Coblentz of Sunnyridge Dairy in southern Illinois has been in
business for only a little over 5 years, but has kept his bulk tank count
under 250,000. He has tried a number of products and considers an
accurate, affordable, on-farm, somatic cell test to be very important.
Fast results and ease of use…I think the product does what it says it
will. Thanks for a great product.
C.J. Whitman of Whitman Dairy in Summersville, Kentucky has been in the
dairy business for about 15 years and keeps his Holstein herd very
healthy with an average BTSCC of about 130,000. Mr. Whitman uses the
PortaSCC® milk test to test suspicious cows, at freshening, and to
monitor herd health through bulk tank testing.
We are sure glad to have the PortaSCC® milk test so we never have a
surprise attack of mastitis again. We love its ease of use and accuracy.
Lynn and Lester Leatherberry have been milking cows in Elroy Wisconsin
for over 40 years. The Leatherberrys were not customers when an
environmental mastitis problem hit. They borrowed the PortaSCC® milk
test and were so happy with it that they purchased it themselves and
use it consistently.