National Mastitis Research Foundation

NMC Mission Statement

Provide a forum for education and global exchange of information on milk quality, mastitis and relevant research.

Communicate that information to the dairy industry enabling it to control mastitis and improve milk quality.

The National Mastitis Research Foundation (NMRF) supports research in areas affecting udder and cow health and milk quality in order to protect the image of milk as one of nature's most nearly perfect foods. The goal is to provide consumers with consistently high-quality, good tasting dairy products free of chemical and pathogenic contaminants.

The NMC established the NMRF because of:

A lack of funds for needed mastitis and udder health research:
- A significant decline in federal and state funds
- Few research groups in the U.S. and the world focusing on mastitis
- A rapidly changing dairy industry being adversely affected because current efforts do not produce answers to problems which arise under modern management methods
New university faculty being hired for basic research, not for applied research
Scientists being lost to other research areas, and mastitis not attracting enough new, capable people due to inadequate funding
Consumer and consumer advocate concerns about what is in food

Currently the NMRF does not fund research projects. However, the NMRF does provide funding for graduate students conducting research projects in the area of mastitis control and milk quality to attend the NMC Annual Meeting and to encourage their active participation in the NMC. Information on the "NMC Scholars Program" is usually available on the NMC website around June 1. You can read about the 2011 NMC Scholars here.

To make a contribution, or to get more information about the NMRF, contact any of the NMRF Board members listed below.

NMRF Board of Directors

Joe Hogan, President
Ohio State University/OARDC
302 Pounden Hall
Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-263-3801
Fax: 330-263-3603
Email: hogan.4@osu.edu

Larry Fox
Washington State University
Dept of Vet Clinical Medicine
Pullman, WA 99164
Phone: 509-335-0786
Fax: 509-335-0880
Email: fox@wsu.edu

Jeff Johnson
Land O'Lakes, Inc.
54457 365th St
Grove City, MN 56243 USA
Phone: 320-857-9418
Fax: 320-857-1111
Email: jajohnson@landolakes.com

Pamela Ruegg
University of Wisconsin
Dairy Science Department
1675 Observatory Dr.
Madison, WI 53706 USA
Phone: 608-263-3495
Fax: 608-263-9412
Email: plruegg@wisc.edu

Norm Schuring
GEA Farm Technologies
1880 Country Farm Dr
Naperville, IL 60563 USA
Phone: 630-548-8216
Fax: 630-548-8340
Email: schuring.norm@westfaliasurge.com

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NMC's Broad Scope

"The scope of NMC reaches beyond mastitis into all aspects of milk quality. It's no longer simply mastitis. We're also about quality, food safety, shelf life, and bacteria counts. Our objectives are to help deliver high-quality, healthy dairy products to consumers everywhere."

Andrew P. Johnson
Total Herd Management Services
NMC President, 2003