Patrick is originally from a dairy farm in South Tipperary and is now based in Munster with Munster Herd Health.



He graduated from UCD with a BAgrSc (Hons) in 2005. He completed a PhD with UCD and Teagasc, Moorepark in 2010. The PhD was titled the ‘A study of the somatic cell count (SCC) of Irish milk from herd management and environmental perspectives’, and included work on 400 dairy farms identifying management practices that were related to reduced SCC as well as work on the milk loss due to SCC. He currently works for Munster Herd Health, and is involved in the SCC reduction programme liaising with farmers in order to reduce SCC on farm.



Patrick believes that “AHI will be good for farmers as it has brought all aspects of mastitis control to the table for discussion allowing the putting together of best practices. The plan to move all personnel involved in mastitis control in one direction will be of great benefit to farmers and remove the confusion with regard to mastitis and SCC”.

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