Prof Andrew Bradley and QMMS are heavily involved in research projects both in the U.K. and overseas and have published widely within the area of udder health and mastitis control. These papers cover such areas as prevention of mastitis, the use of dry cow therapy, treatment of persistently infected high somatic cell count cows and product studies for large multinational companies. Our partners have included the Universities of Bristol, Nottingham and Warwick, companies such as Pfizer Animal Health, Intervet, Boehringer Ingelheim, Leo Animal Health and DeLaval, and industry bodies such as DairyCo/AHDB. More recently we have collaborated with computing and technical companies including AnalyticEye and GRID-IMP.

Many of these papers undergo ‘peer-review’ (i.e. they are read and commented on by other veterinary surgeons and academics in the relevant fields) before publication in highly ranked journals such as the Journal of Dairy Science and The Veterinary Record. Other publications are written for various national and international conferences and present the latest thinking in udder health, and other topics relevant to dairy farmers.

This allows QMMS to maintain a ‘cutting edge’, impartial service based on the latest scientific evidence.

Links are given to the full papers where these are “Open Access”. To request copies of other papers, please contact QMMS.

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Assessing Automated Milking Systems

Manning et al (2026). Adaptation of the Mastitis Control Plan for Automatic Milking Systems. Proc. British Mastitis Conference 2026. pp 41-44.

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Explaining the Mastitis Pattern Analysis Report (MPAT)

Any milk recording herd can sign up to receive a Mastitis Pattern Analysis Report after every recording. An guide to the report can be downloaded below. To sign up to receive reports go to https://cloud.remedy.farm

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Importance of Heifers in Mastitis Control

Manning et al (2025). Importance of heifers in mastitis control. Proc. British Mastitis Conference pp 64-65.

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Interpreting Serial Johne’s Test Results

Glover et al (2025). Use of a hidden Markov model for interpretation of serial cow milk paratuberculosis antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay results adjusted for milk yield and quality. Prev. Vet. Med. 235 February 2025, 106413. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39754897/

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Key Performance Indicators of Udder Health in 2024

Leach et al (2025). Key performance indicators of udder health in 320 UK herds receiving automated mastitis pattern reports in 2024. Proc. British Mastitis Conference pp 61-63.

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Predicting Dry Period Cure Rate

Glover et al (2024). Measuring the impact of key udder health parameters on dry period cure rate. Proc. British Mastitis Conference pp 85-86.

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Mastitis Patterns in 2022 and 2024

Manning et al (2024). Use of mastitis pattern analysis reports to monitor udder health on UK dairy farms. Proc. British Mastitis Conference 21-22.

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Improvement in Udder Health in Sentinel Herds 2012 – 2021

Leach et al (2023). Improvement of mammary gland health of dairy cows in eighty-one “sentinel herds” in England and Scotland between 2012 and 2021 – a cohort study. Vet Rec. 2023; e3605. DOI: 10.1002/VETR.3605

https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/vetr.3605

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Bedding System Influences Lying Behaviour

Leach et al (2021). Bedding system influences lying behaviour in dairy cows. Vet Rec 190(7), e1066 . https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1066

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