The plan should consider each identified disease or syndrome, and establish ways in which the potential or identified risk factors can be reduced or eliminated. For example, high mastitis levels or poor milk quality should lead to a mastitis reduction plan that identifies risk factors (e.g. high stocking densities in housing, poor milking machine function etc.) and ways to eliminate them (e.g. establishment of a new straw yard, dynamic testing of the milking machine annually/new parlour etc.). The reduction plan should state clearly the current disease levels and set targets and monitoring systems for reduction (e.g. mastitis incidence records and SCC records will be analysed every six months; a reduction from 55 cases per 100 cows to 45 cases per 100 cows is planned to be achieved in 12 months).