Less penicillin, lower costs / by Sheryl Brown

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Date
Jul 2013
By
Brown, Sheryl
Description

Talks to lower-order sharemilker Richard Martinovich about the decision he made with his father, Brian Martinovich, to feed Wormade's oral mineral supplement (OMS) to his herd to build up their immune systems after a bad year with mastitis. Informs that the product does not contaminate milk. Relates the earlier problems they encountered when they treated their herd with penicillin, which contaminated the milk and the rubberware in the milk lines.

Additional description

Includes portrait

Archived by the National Library of New Zealand

Source
New Zealand dairy exporter (1988),Dairy exporter Jul 2013; v.88 n.12:p.91; issn:
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