Mastitis therapy: Direct and indirect costs

Boboš, Stanko; Radinović, Miodrag; Vidić, Branka; Pajić, Marija; Vidić, V.; Galfi, Annamaria

doi:10.2298/bah1302269b

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“…In dairy industry, intramammary infections are among the most important diseases of cows that cause great economic losses [ 30 ]. Mastitis is a response of udder to different internal and external factors [ 31 ], and substantially, affects the milk quality and production of dairy cows.…”

Section: Immuno-pathogenesismentioning

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Molecular markers for resistance against infectious diseases of economic importance

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Huge livestock population of India is under threat by a large number of endemic infectious (bacterial, viral, and parasitic) diseases. These diseases are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, particularly in exotic and crossbred cattle. Beside morbidity and mortality, economic losses by these diseases occur through reduced fertility, production losses, etc. Some of the major infectious diseases which have great economic impact on Indian dairy industries are tuberculosis (TB), Johne’s disease (JD), mastitis, tick and tick-borne diseases (TTBDs), foot and mouth disease, etc. The development of effective strategies for the assessment and control of infectious diseases requires a better understanding of pathogen biology, host immune response, and diseases pathogenesis as well as the identification of the associated biomarkers. Indigenous cattle (Bos indicus) are reported to be comparatively less affected than exotic and crossbred cattle. However, genetic basis of resistance in indigenous cattle is not well documented. The association studies of few of the genes associated with various diseases, namely, solute carrier family 11 member 1, Toll-like receptors 1, with TB; Caspase associated recruitment domain 15, SP110 with JD; CACNA2D1, CD14 with mastitis and interferon gamma, BoLA-DRB3.2 alleles with TTBDs, etc., are presented. Breeding for genetic resistance is one of the promising ways to control the infectious diseases. High host resistance is the most important method for controlling such diseases, but till today no breed is total immune. Therefore, work may be undertaken under the hypothesis that the different susceptibility to these diseases are exhibited by indigenous and crossbred cattle is due to breed-specific differences in the dealing of infected cells with other immune cells, which ultimately influence the immune response responded against infections. Achieving maximum resistance to these diseases is the ultimate goal, is technically possible to achieve, and is permanent. Progress could be enhanced through introgression of resistance genes to breeds with low resistance. The quest for knowledge of the genetic basis for infectious diseases in indigenous livestock is strongly warranted.

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Section: Immuno-pathogenesismentioning

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Molecular markers for resistance against infectious diseases of economic importance

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“…In modern livestock industry, mastitis is one of the most important diseases of dairy cows which cause a huge production loss. Mastitis is an inflammation of the mammary gland that leads to physical and chemical changes in milk and affects on the production of dairy cows (Khan and Khan, 2006;Boboš et al, 2013). Early detection of mastitis is important for dairy farmers to reduce economic losses which are associated with reduction in yield, increased treatment costs and discarded milk (Bhutto et al, 2012).…”

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Detection of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows using California and Draminski mastitis test

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Control of udder health is an essential element in the process of safe milk production. Thus through the mastitis control program dairy farms regularly conduct measures of detection and prevention of udder diseases. Subclinical mastitis is an important disease of dairy cows causing economic losses and physical and chemical changes in milk. The aim of this research was to evaluate the usefulness of the California and the Draminski mastitis test to detect the subclinical mastitis in dairy cows. The efficacy of indirect mastitis tests for diagnosis of the subclinical mastitis was determined by comparing results of mastitis tests with bacteriological findings. The experiment was conducted on two dairy farms (farm A and farm B) Holstein -Friesian breed. A total of 245 quarter milk samples were examined, 95 quarter milk samples with the California mastitis test from farm A and 150 quarter milk samples with the Draminski mastitis test from farm B. A quarter milk samples for bacteriological analysis were taken aseptically during the morning milking in sterile test tubes. On farm A, bacteria growth has not been detected in 46.32% (44/95) quarter milk samples, while on farm B negative bacteriological findings have been found in 50.67% samples (76/150). In present study, sensitivity of the California mastitis test (78.57%) is higher than sensitivity of the Draminski mastitis test (74.32%). The specificity of the California mastitis test and the Draminski mastitis test is 82.05% and 30.26%, respectively. Efficacy of the California mastitis test in detection of the subclinical mastitis in dairy cows is better than that of the Draminski mastitis test, since accuracy of the California mastitis test has been higher.

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“…Dairy cow mastitis is a serious disease associated with both high incidence (van den Borne et al, 2010) and economic losses (Holland et al, 2015), posing a major challenge to the dairy industry (Boboš et al, 2013;Leelahapongsathon et al, 2014). There are approximately 220 million dairy cattle worldwide.…”

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Influences of season, parity, lactation, udder area, milk yield, and clinical symptoms on intramammary infection in dairy cows

Zhang

Yang

et al. 2016

Journal of Dairy Science

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the influences of season, parity, lactation, udder area, milk yield, and clinical symptoms on bacterial intramammary infection (IMI) in dairy cows. A total of 2,106 mastitis pathogens in 12 species were isolated from 125 dairy farms distributed in 30 different cities in China, and the information about these factors was recorded at the same time. Mastitis pathogens were isolated from 63.43% of the milk samples, whereas Streptococcus agalactiae accounted for 38.61% of all pathogens, followed by Str. dysgalactiae (28.16%), Staphylococcus aureus (19.10%), Escherichia coli (6.90%), and other pathogens (7.23%). According to our investigation, IMI was more common in spring with the isolation rate of pathogens at 81.04%, and lowest in winter (52.34%). Cows were more likely to be infected by environmental pathogens (E. coli or Str. uberis) in summer, in rear quarters and in cows with higher daily milk yield or lower somatic cell count. In addition, Str. dysgalactiae exhibited a higher prevalence with increased parity. Different clinical symptoms of quarters with bacterial IMI were seen in this study, and mastitis pathogens were isolated from healthy quarters.

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Mastitis therapy: Direct and indirect costs

Cited by 12 publications

References 10 publications

Molecular markers for resistance against infectious diseases of economic importance

Molecular markers for resistance against infectious diseases of economic importance

Detection of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows using California and Draminski mastitis test

Influences of season, parity, lactation, udder area, milk yield, and clinical symptoms on intramammary infection in dairy cows

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