EFFECT OF COMPLETE DRY COW TREATMENT ON MASTITIS CONTROL IN DAIRY CATTLE
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 68 (2) , 553-556
- https://doi.org/10.4141/cjas88-061
Abstract
Data on 297 cows which received complete dry cow treatment and subsequently calved were used in this study. At drying-off, 7.7% of the quarters were infected. Among the mastitic pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus was isolated in 75% of the infected quarters. About 92% of the infected quarters were cured with dry cow treatment and 6% of the quarters had new infections during dry period. It appears that dry cow treatment is an effective means of eliminating Staphylococcus aureus infections. Key words: Mastitis, dry cow treatment, dairy cattleThis publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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