Looking for no-withdrawal solutions to save your milk? OZOLEA-MAST now available in Ireland
OZOLEA’s leading product, OZOLEA-MAST, is now available also for Irish dairy farmers.
Dairy Direct, Irish specialists in controlling on farm bacteria counts through technical knowledge and the application of quality products, started distributing OZOLEA-MAST in Ireland.
Founded in 2011, Dairy Direct’s mission is to bring to the market a range of products, technology and knowledge to provide Quality milk results to Dairy farmers.
“We believe in best practise milking routines and products for prevention rather than cure, and see OZOLEA-MAST as part of these protocols“ – Kathryn Kenneally, Director at Dairy Directs.
There are around 18,000 dairy farmers in Ireland, milking more than 1.55 million dairy cows every day (Teagasc, 2020). The Irish dairy industry also plays an important role in Ireland’s wider economy by supporting over 60,000 jobs in rural, regional and urban areas (Fitzgerald, Dairy in the Irish economy, 2019).
With Irish milk production being mainly a grass-based system, milk producers focus on dairy sustainability.
A system that may welcome the introduction of no-withdrawal tools such as OZOLEA-MAST.
OZOLEA-MAST is a non-drug veterinary device for intra-mammary use in dairy cows. It can support the residual competence of the animal to allow it to fully perform at its natural abilities, by supporting the body’s natural defenses.
OZOLEA-MAST is composed of a single ingredient: a pure food-grade vegetable oil, bio-engineered with exclusive OZOLEA technology, which modifies some of the oil’s fatty acid chains, thereby allowing the product, once in contact with the inner wall of the teat canal, to form a physical film barrier with two main functions:
- to create an uncomfortable environment for bacteria, thus slowing down the aggressiveness of their attack;
- to protect the tissue from exposure to the external environment and from further bacterial attack, allowing it to naturally regenerate.
To ensure the best protection and optimize regeneration of the tissue, OZOLEA developed protocols with indications for the proper use of the product in different situations.
In fact, OZOLEA-MAST can be applied at the very first signs of tissue imbalance (milk flakes, or variations in electrical conductivity), or to support antibiotic-tissue synergies. Depending on the causes, it can help you reduce the somatic cell count, even when you experience chronically high values. Moreover, it can be introduced on those farms ready for selective dry cow treatment.
OZOLEA-MAST goes hand in hand with the best herd management practices.
What has OZOLEA-MAST to do with milk quality? A lot. It helps the farmer reduce antibiotic usage and the risks associated with them. It assists with the lowering of Somatic Cell Count both at individual cow and bulk tank level. Therefore, OZOLEA-MAST can benefit also dairy processors and dairy consumers.
OZOLEA-MAST is also the right tool for economic sustainability, since, being a no withdrawal solution, it allows to deliver more milk and improve farmer’s profit.
Read “Reducing antibiotic usage in dairy cattle: OZOLEA five years after its foundation” and visit OZOLEA on Instagram and Facebook for more stories about OZOLEA-MAST.
OZOLEA-MAST is also a suitable tool for organic milk production: in April 2021, it was approved as a compliant input for organic dairy farming in Wisconsin.
Now that EU dairy farmers are facing a new regulatory framework on Veterinary Medicinal Products, new solutions are needed to deal with major udder issues in dairy cows.
If you would like to find out more about the OZOLEA-MAST product, please contact Dairy Direct (contact info below).
Dairy Direct Ltd
Pottlerath
Kilmanagh
Co. Kilkenny
Phone: (0818) 303 081
Email: info@dairydirect.ie
Web: www.dairydirect.ie
