Bovine mastitis prevention and control in the post-antibiotic era

Mastitis is the most important disease in the dairy industry. Antibiotics are considered to be the first choice in the treatment of the disease. However, the problem of antibiotic residue and antimicrobial resistance, in addition to the impact of antibiotic abuse on public health, leads to many rest...

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Published in:Tropical animal health and production 2021-06, Vol.53 (2), p.236-236, Article 236
Main Authors: El-Sayed, Amr, Kamel, Mohamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abuse
Animal husbandry
Antibiotics
Antibodies
Antimicrobial resistance
Bacteriocins
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Dairy cattle
Dairy industry
Dairy Science and Health in the Tropics
Disinfection
Drying
Epidemiology
Functional foods & nutraceuticals
Health services
Housing
Life Sciences
Lysins
Mastitis
Medical research
Nanotechnology
Nutrition
Peptides
Phages
Probiotics
Public health
Regular Articles
Stem cells
Teat dips
Therapy
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Zoology
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Summary:Mastitis is the most important disease in the dairy industry. Antibiotics are considered to be the first choice in the treatment of the disease. However, the problem of antibiotic residue and antimicrobial resistance, in addition to the impact of antibiotic abuse on public health, leads to many restrictions on uncontrolled antibiotic therapy in the dairy sector worldwide. Researchers have investigated novel therapeutic approaches to replace the use of antibiotics in mastitis control. These efforts, supported by the revolutionary development of nanotechnology, stem cell assays, molecular biological tools, and genomics, enabled the development of new approaches for mastitis-treatment and control. The present review discusses recent concepts to control mastitis such as breeding of mastitis-resistant dairy cows, the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic tools, the application of communication technology as an educational and epidemiological tool, application of modern mastitis vaccines, cow drying protocols, teat disinfection, housing, and nutrition. These include the application of nanotechnology, stem cell technology, photodynamic and laser therapy or the use of traditional herbal medical plants, nutraceuticals, antibacterial peptides, bacteriocins, antibodies therapy, bacteriophages, phage lysins, and probiotics as alternatives to antibiotics.
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-021-02680-9