Time to clearance of mycoplasma mastitis: the effect of management factors including milking time hygiene and preferential culling

Factors associated with time to clearance of mycoplasma mastitis were studied in 18 dairy cattle herds. Most herds cleared mycoplasma mastitis within 1 month; < 50% of the herds culled diseased cows preferentially, yet culling was not associated with hastened clearance. Other known mastitis biose...

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Published in:Canadian veterinary journal 2012-10, Vol.53 (10), p.1119-1122
Main Authors: Punyapornwithaya, Veerasak, Fox, Lawrence K, Hancock, Dale D, Gay, John M, Alldredge, J Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Cattle
Dairying - methods
Euthanasia, Animal
Female
Hygiene
Mastitis, Bovine - prevention & control
Mycoplasma - isolation & purification
Mycoplasma Infections - prevention & control
Mycoplasma Infections - veterinary
Risk Factors
Scientific
Time Factors
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Summary:Factors associated with time to clearance of mycoplasma mastitis were studied in 18 dairy cattle herds. Most herds cleared mycoplasma mastitis within 1 month; < 50% of the herds culled diseased cows preferentially, yet culling was not associated with hastened clearance. Other known mastitis biosecurity and management practices were not associated with clearance time.
ISSN:0008-5286