Mastitis in dairy cows and its treatment

Document Type : Scientific-Extensional Article

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1 M.Sc. Student, Department of Animal and Poultry Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Science, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Golestan, Iran

2 Ph.D. student, Department of Animal and Poultry Nutrition, Faculty of Animal Science, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Golestan, Iran

Abstract

Mastitis (inflammation of the mammary glands) has long been recognized as one of the most costly diseases of dairy cows worldwide. In most cases, it is caused by pathogenic bacteria and occurs in two forms: clinical mastitis (which includes acute and chronic) and subclinical. Clinical mastitis produces obvious clinical signs that require the attention of the breeder and prompt veterinary care. On the other hand, subclinical mastitis is often not noticed and can only be diagnosed if certain tests are performed on the milk sample. Subclinical mastitis has an adverse and harmful effect on the economy of dairy farms, because it causes a direct loss of the quantity and quality of milk of cows. At the same time, consumption of milk from cows suffering from mastitis causes infection and disease in other consuming animals as well as humans. This determines the importance of early and accurate diagnosis of different types of mammary gland inflammation. Although several strategies have been developed over the years to manage both clinical and subclinical forms of mastitis, all of them lack efficacy to eliminate the associated causative agent when used as monotherapy. In addition, research should be directed towards the development of new therapeutic techniques that can both replace conventional techniques and solve the problem of emerging antibiotic resistance.

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