when i had my mini, dairy-goat farm. I always let the kids (baby goats) nurse the mother for a month or so, depending on how much i needed, and never had any problems whatsoever with mastitis, while everyone around me was having terrible problems and even having the lactating does die.

When i wasnot letting the kids nurse, i always cleaned the utter, and spent a minute slapping the hell out of the utter with my open hand; careful to not hit tender areas - never had even a whisper of mastitis.

All this while the Veterinarians were telling the other women to not let the kids nurse; treat the udder with extra tender care etc.

Now let me explain something to you. When the kid nurses he first gets under the udder and repeatedly butts the blue blazes out of it, then he happily stands there wagging his little excuse of a tail and drinks "Gulp, gulp, gulp".

Either you watch, LEARN and obey Mother Nature or YOU LOSE