Mastitis, the continuing efforts towards control

Authors

  • D. E. Jasper School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1978no13p63-68

Keywords:

antibiotics, bovine mastitis, control, Diagnosis, dips, dry period, Economics, incidence, mastitis, Milk production, milking machines, reviews, teats, treatment

Abstract

In this review, presented at the 10th Congress of the World Association for Buiatrics (Mexico City, August 1978), the author deals with production losses and the cost of mastitis, and goes on to discuss machine milking management and the effects of various machine milking systems on the disease. Causative organisms and their transmission are reviewed, and disease diagnosis mentioned. Finally control of the disease is reviewed; the author stresses the value of dry-period treatment, in particular for streptococcal infection, and the need for hygiene and the use of teat-dips in any control programme.
Cover image of the 13th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: three images of Maryland--an arial photo of a farm in the green countryside, the city skyline at dusk, and a photo of the USS Constellation sailing in the harbor--with the journal name, AABP logo, and the information for the 11th annual conference.

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Published

1978-11-01

How to Cite

Jasper, D. E. (1978). Mastitis, the continuing efforts towards control. The Bovine Practitioner, 1978(13), 63–68. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1978no13p63-68

Issue

No. 13 (1978 November)

Section

Articles