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Mastitis in Dairy Cows, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice - E-Book
(2012)
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Abstract
Current, important information on mastitis for all food animal practitioners! Topics will include new perspectives in mastitis control, treatment of clinical mastitis, antimicrobial resistance in mastitis pathogens, the role of diagnostic microbiology in mastitis control programs, update on control of Staph aureus and Strep ag, epidemiology and control of mycoplasma mastitis, managing environmental mastitis, mastitis vaccine strategies, using mastitis records and somatic cell count data, the role of the milking machine in mastitis control, stray voltage and milk quality, communicating and implementing udder health programs, and more!
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Mastitis in Dairy Cows | i | ||
| Copyright Page | ii | ||
| Contributors | iii | ||
| Table of Contents | v | ||
| VETERINARY CLINICS: FOOD ANIMAL PRACTICE | x | ||
| Preface | xi | ||
| Chapter 1. New Perspectives in Udder Health Management | 149 | ||
| UDDER HEALTH AND MOLECULAR METHODOLOGIES IN THE ERA OF ENVIRONMENTAL PATHOGENS | 150 | ||
| DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT ISSUES IN THE ERA OF ENVIRONMENTAL PATHOGENS | 154 | ||
| IMPLEMENTING UDDER HEALTH PROGRAMS | 159 | ||
| REFERENCES | 160 | ||
| Chapter 2. Antimicrobial Resistance of Mastitis Pathogens | 165 | ||
| CONTROL OF MASTITIS | 166 | ||
| MASTITIS AND ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY | 166 | ||
| RESISTANCE PATTERNS OF MASTITIS PATHOGENS ISOLATED FROM DAIRY COWS | 167 | ||
| TREND STUDIES ON RESISTANCE PATTERNS OVER TIME IN RESPONSE TOANTIBIOTIC USE | 168 | ||
| RESISTANCE OF MASTITIS PATHOGENS FROM CONVENTIONAL AND ORGANIC DAIRY FARMS | 170 | ||
| IMPACT OF CESSATION OF ANTIBIOTIC USE IN DAIRY COWS ON ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE | 173 | ||
| WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT USING ANTIBIOTICS? | 175 | ||
| ARE THERE VIABLE ALTERNATIVES TO THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS? | 176 | ||
| PRUDENT USE OF ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MASTITIS | 177 | ||
| SUMMARY | 181 | ||
| REFERENCES | 182 | ||
| Chapter 3. The Role of Diagnostic Microbiology in Mastitis Control Programs | 187 | ||
| MASTITIS DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CONSIDERATIONS | 188 | ||
| WILL THE SHEDDING PATTERN ALLOW DETECTION? | 189 | ||
| BULK TANK CULTURE | 192 | ||
| SCOPE OF SERVICE | 194 | ||
| THE TREATMENT DECISION | 196 | ||
| ON-FARM TESTING | 196 | ||
| ZERO TOLERANCE | 197 | ||
| ENVIRONMENTAL MASTITIS | 198 | ||
| OPPORTUNITIES WITH MILK ELISA AND PCR | 198 | ||
| SUMMARY | 200 | ||
| REFERENCES | 201 | ||
| Chapter 4. Update on Control of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae for Management of Mastitis | 203 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY | 204 | ||
| PREVALENCE OF INFECTION | 205 | ||
| PUBLIC HEALTH | 206 | ||
| REDUCING INCIDENCE THROUGH MILKING PRACTICES | 207 | ||
| SEGREGATION | 209 | ||
| REDUCING PREVALENCE | 209 | ||
| DRY COW THERAPY FOR S AGALACTIAE AND S AUREUS | 211 | ||
| CULLING | 211 | ||
| BETWEEN-HERD BIOSECURITY | 211 | ||
| ADDITIONAL BIOSECURITY | 212 | ||
| SUMMARY | 212 | ||
| REFERENCES | 212 | ||
| Chapter 5. Managing Environmental Mastitis | 217 | ||
| STALL BEDDING IS A KEY ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCE | 218 | ||
| MONITORING CLINICAL MASTITIS | 221 | ||
| SUMMARY | 222 | ||
| REFERENCES | 223 | ||
| Chapter 6. Mycoplasma Mastitis Causes, Transmission, and Control | 225 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 225 | ||
| EPIDEMIOLOGY | 226 | ||
| CHARACTERISTICS OF PATHOGENIC MYCOPLASMA SP | 230 | ||
| CONTROL | 232 | ||
| SUMMARY | 233 | ||
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 233 | ||
| REFERENCES | 233 | ||
| Chapter 7. The “Other” Gram-Negative Bacteria in Mastitis Klebsiella, Serratia, and More | 239 | ||
| GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA | 240 | ||
| KLEBSIELLA MASTITIS | 242 | ||
| SERRATIA MASTITIS | 248 | ||
| OTHER GRAM-NEGATIVE INFECTIONS | 251 | ||
| SUMMARY | 252 | ||
| REFERENCES | 253 | ||
| Chapter 8. Vaccination Strategies for Mastitis | 257 | ||
| VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY AND EFFICACY | 258 | ||
| CORE-ANTIGEN GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERINS | 260 | ||
| STRATEGIES FOR IMMUNIZATION PROTOCOLS: GRAM-NEGATIVE CORE ANTIGEN BACTERINS | 262 | ||
| SUMMARY | 266 | ||
| REFERENCES | 267 | ||
| Chapter 9. Treatment of Clinical Mastitis | 271 | ||
| SEVERITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM | 271 | ||
| CULTURE-BASED THERAPY (PATHOGEN-DIRECTED THERAPY) | 273 | ||
| TREATMENT OF MILD, MODERATE, AND SEVERE CLINICAL MASTITIS | 274 | ||
| CLINICAL MASTITIS TREATMENT: SPECIFIC MASTITIS PATHOGENS | 277 | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS MASTITIS TREATMENTS | 283 | ||
| SUMMARY | 284 | ||
| REFERENCES | 284 | ||
| Chapter 10. Assessment and Management of Pain in Dairy Cows with Clinical Mastitis | 289 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 289 | ||
| WHAT IS PAIN? | 290 | ||
| PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH ILLNESSIN DAIRY CATTLE | 293 | ||
| OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF DISTRESS AND PAIN IN DAIRY CATTLE | 294 | ||
| THE USE OF NSAIDS IN CATTLE | 296 | ||
| USE OF NSAIDS WITH CASES OF MASTITIS | 298 | ||
| SUMMARY | 301 | ||
| REFERENCES | 301 | ||
| Chapter 11. The Role of the Milking Machine in Mastitis Control | 307 | ||
| MAIN MILKING-RELATED MECHANISMS OF MASTITIS INFECTION (FROM REF 2) | 308 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 313 | ||
| SUMMARY | 315 | ||
| REFERENCES | 318 | ||
| Chapter 12. Stray Voltage and Milk Quality A Review | 321 | ||
| BASIC CONCEPTS OF VOLTAGE, CURRENT, AND RESISTANCE | 322 | ||
| THE BIOMECHANICS OF NERVE STIMULATION | 323 | ||
| REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO VOLTAGE EXPOSURE | 324 | ||
| TRANSIENT AND HIGH FREQUENCY AND EXPOSURE | 325 | ||
| REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON STRAY VOLTAGE, MASTITIS, AND STRESS | 325 | ||
| SUMMARY | 341 | ||
| REFERENCES | 343 | ||
| Chapter 13. Using Mastitis Records and Somatic Cell Count Data | 347 | ||
| IMPORTANCE OF MASTITIS RECORDS FOR MONITORING DRUG USE | 348 | ||
| UDDER HEALTH DATA ENTRY | 349 | ||
| CLINICAL MASTITIS | 352 | ||
| SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS | 358 | ||
| SUMMARY | 360 | ||
| REFERENCES | 360 | ||
| Chapter 14. The Role of Communication in Improving Udder Health | 363 | ||
| FARMERS’ MINDSET TOWARD MASTITIS | 364 | ||
| COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AS INTERVENTION INSTRUMENT | 366 | ||
| CREATING DEMAND AND SUPPLY FOR ADVICE | 369 | ||
| IMPLICATIONS FOR MASTITIS CONTROL PROGRAMS | 372 | ||
| SUMMARY | 374 | ||
| REFERENCES | 375 | ||
| Index | 381 |