Countdown Downunder, Lvl 2, 22 William St, Melbourne, Australia 3000.
Ir Vet J. 2009 Apr 1;62 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):S52-58. doi: 10.1186/2046-0481-62-S4-S52.
In 1998, Countdown Downunder, Australia's national mastitis and cell count control programme, was created. With funding from the country's leading dairy organisation, Dairy Australia, this programme was originally intended to run for three years but is now in its tenth year. As it was the first time Australia had attempted a national approach to mastitis control on the farm, the first three years of the programme were largely concerned with the development of resources to be used by farmers and service providers. The second three years were devoted to training with both groups. Since that time, Countdown Downunder has entered into a second resource development phase. The goal of the programme was to achieve a reduction in the bulk milk somatic cell count from the Australian dairy herd. To achieve this, the programme had to develop resources with clear and consistent messages around mastitis and somatic cell count control on farms. It was determined that progress toward the goals would be made more rapidly if service providers were trained in the use of these resources prior to farmers. This paper reviews the Countdown Downunder programme from 1998 to 2007.
1998 年，澳大利亚全国乳腺炎和细胞计数控制计划（Countdown Downunder）成立。该计划最初由该国领先的乳制品组织——澳大利亚乳业局（Dairy Australia）提供资金，原计划运行三年，但现已进入第十个年头。由于这是澳大利亚首次尝试在农场进行全国性的乳腺炎控制措施，该计划的头三年主要致力于开发供农民和服务提供商使用的资源。接下来的三年则致力于对这两个群体进行培训。自那时以来，Countdown Downunder 已进入第二个资源开发阶段。该计划的目标是降低澳大利亚奶牛群的牛奶体细胞计数。为了实现这一目标，该计划必须开发具有明确且一致信息的资源，以在农场控制乳腺炎和体细胞计数。如果在农民之前先培训服务提供商使用这些资源，那么实现目标的进展将会更快。本文回顾了 1998 年至 2007 年期间的 Countdown Downunder 计划。
