Mastitis

To ensure a high-quality and nutritious product, antibiotics are used with thought and care on dairies, that according to Jen Roberts, a professional services veterinarian with Boehringer Ingelheim.  She said there are several ways producers can put cattle first and use antibiotics judiciously on the dairy. “...

The University of Idaho recently announced that the National Institutes of Health will fund a $2.4 million research project, looking at mastitis in both pregnant women and dairy cows.  The bacterial related disease damages dairy industry productivity, and frustrates mothers looking to nourish their child.  Sh...

The impacts of clinical bovine mastitis in dairy cows can be devastating; the culling of ill cows unable to produce milk and loss of millions of dollars in milk to dairy producers annually.  Now researchers at Oregon State University have developed a blood test that can indicate the susceptibility of dairy cows to mastitis after calving.  ...