Efficacy of Two Fresh Cow Subclinical Mastitis Treatment Programs on Antibiotic Use, Days out of Tank, Bacteriological Cure, Clinical Mastitis, Somatic Cell Count, Milk Yield, Reproduction, and Culling

Authors

  • A. Lago University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
  • S. Godden University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
  • R. Bey University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108
  • P. Ruegg University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
  • K. Leslie Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/aabppro20094340

Keywords:

California Mastitis Test, on-farm culture, mastitis, subclinical, Somatic Cell Count, Milk Yield

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of using the California Mastitis Test (CMT) alone, or the CMT and on-farm culture (OFC) in series, to diagnose and treat subclinical mastitis after calving.

Cover image of the 42nd Conference Proceedings: Cattle grazing in a spring field along the horizon. In the foreground, one brown cow with a triangle marking and ear tags is posing. Yellow background.

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Published

2009-09-10

Issue

2009

Section

Research Summaries 4

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