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Mastitis in Dairy Cattle: On-Farm Diagnostics and Future Perspectives

Authors :
Chiara Tommasoni
Enrico Fiore
Anastasia Lisuzzo
Matteo Gianesella
Source :
Animals, Vol 13, Iss 15, p 2538 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2023.

Abstract

Mastitis is one of the most important diseases in dairy cattle farms, and it can affect the health status of the udder and the quantity and quality of milk yielded. The correct management of mastitis is based both on preventive and treatment action. With the increasing concern for antimicrobial resistance, it is strongly recommended to treat only the mammary quarters presenting intramammary infection. For this reason, a timely and accurate diagnosis is fundamental. The possibility to detect and characterize mastitis directly on farm would be very useful to choose the correct management protocol. Some on-field diagnostic tools are already routinely applied to detect mastitis, such as the California Mastitis Test and on-farm culture. Other instruments are emerging to perform a timely diagnosis and to characterize mastitis, such as Infra-Red Thermography, mammary ultrasound evaluation and blood gas analysis, even if their application still needs to be improved. The main purpose of this article is to present an overview of the methods currently used to control, detect, and characterize mastitis in dairy cows, in order to perform a timely diagnosis and to choose the most appropriate management protocol, with a specific focus on on-farm diagnostic tools.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20762615
Volume :
13
Issue :
15
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Animals
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2fc953eecda04377b5632ab9a532f3c8
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152538