Bovine Mastitis And Homeopathic Veterinary Medicine

Bovine mastitis is the persistent, inflammatory reaction of the udder tissue due to physical trauma or microorganisms infections. Mastitis, a potentially fatal mammary gland infection, is the most common disease in dairy cattle in the United States and worldwide. It is also the most costly disease to the dairy industry.

Milk from cows suffering from mastitis has an increased somatic cell count. Prevention and Control of mastitis require consistency in sanitizing the cow barn facilities, proper milking procedures, and segregation of infected animals. Treatment of the disease is usually carried out by penicillin injection in combination with a sulphur drug.

Dr. Sakshi Sharma, MVSc, J & K

What is mastitis?

Mastitis refers to the inflammation of milk-secreting tissues or simply the mammary gland. Mastitis occurs when white blood cells (leukocytes) are released into the mammary gland, usually in response to bacteria invading the teat canal or occasionally by chemical, mechanical, or thermal trauma on the udder. Milk-secreting tissue and various ducts throughout the mammary gland are damaged due to toxins released by the bacteria resulting in reduced milk yield and quality.

How to identify mastitis in cattle?

This disease can be identified by abnormalities in the udder such as swelling, heat, redness, hardness, or pain (if it is clinical). Other indications of mastitis may be abnormalities in milk such as a watery appearance, flakes, or clots. When infected with sub-clinical mastitis, a cow does not show any visible signs of infection or abnormalities in milk or on the udder.

Mastitis causing bacteria

Bacteria that are known to cause mastitis to include:

Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Streptococcus agalactiae
Streptococcus uberis
Brucella melitensis
Corynebacterium bovis
Mycoplasma (including Mycoplasma bovis)
Escherichia coli( coli)
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Klebsiella oxytoca
Enterobacter aerogenes
Pasteurella
Trueperella pyogenes (previously Arcanobacterium pyogenes)
Proteus
Prototheca zopfii(achlorophyllic algae)
Prototheca wickerhamii(achlorophyllic algae)

These bacteria can be classified as environmental or contagious depending on the mode and source of transmission.

Types of mastitis in cattle

Mastitis may be classified according to two different criteria: either according to the clinical symptoms or depending on the mode of transmission.

Clinical symptoms

Clinical mastitis
Sub-Clinical mastitis
per acute mastitis
acute mastitis
subacute mastitis
chronic mastitis

Mode of transmission

Contagious mastitis
Environmental mastitis

Transmission

Mastitis is most often transmitted by repetitive contact with the milking machine and through contaminated hands or materials.

Another route is via oral-to-udder transmission among calves. Feeding calves on milk may introduce some mastitis-causing bacteria strain in the oral cavity of the calf, where it will stay dormant until it is transmitted elsewhere. Since grouped calves like to stimulate suckling, they will transmit the bacteria to the udder tissue of their fellow calves. The bacteria will lay dormant in the udder tissue as the calf grows until it begins to lactate. That is when the bacteria activates and causes mastitis. This calls for strict calf management practices to curb this route of transmission.

Effects on milk composition

Mastitis can cause a decline in potassium and an increase in lactoferrin. It also results in decreased casein, the major protein in milk. As most calcium in milk is associated with casein, the disruption of casein synthesis contributes to lowered calcium in milk. The milk protein continues to undergo further deterioration during processing and storage. Milk from cows with mastitis also has a higher somatic cell count. Generally speaking, the higher the somatic cell count, the lower the milk quality.

Serrous exudates from udder in E.coli mastitis (left) and normal milk from a healthy cow (right).

Detection

Cattle affected by mastitis can be detected by examining the udder for inflammation and swelling or by observing the consistency of the milk, which will often develop clots or change color when a cow is infected.

Another method of detection is the California mastitis test, which is designed to measure the milk’s somatic cell count as a means of detecting inflammation and infection of the udder.

Control

Practices such as good nutrition, proper milking hygiene, and the culling of chronically infected cows can help. Ensuring that cows have clean, dry bedding decreases the risk of infection and transmission. Dairy workers should wear rubber gloves while milking, and machines should be cleaned regularly to decrease the incidence of transmission.

Prevention

A good milking routine is vital. This usually consists of applying a pre-milking teat dip or spray, such as an iodine spray, and wiping teats dry prior to milking. The milking machine is then applied. After milking, the teats can be cleaned again to remove any growth medium for bacteria. A post milking product such as iodine-propylene glycol dip is used as a disinfectant and a barrier between the open teat and the bacteria in the air. Mastitis can occur after milking because the teat holes close after 15 minutes if the animal sits in a dirty place with faeces and urine.

Homeopathic Veterinary Medicine for Bovine Mastitis

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