The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows in Kosovo and the antimicrobial susceptibility of isolated bacteria. Six hundred and twenty four milk samples from individual quarters of 156 lactating cows were tested using California Mastitis Test (CMT) and the positive samples were further analysed using conventional methods for isolation of main mas...

BACKGROUND Mastitis is considered the most significant and persistent disease in dairy cows, bringing about large economic losses. Subclinical mastitis brings about major cost implications, for it is difficult to detect due to absence of any visible indications and can persist in the mammary tissue throughout lactation. Immunomodulators have been widely used to reduce intramammary infections by...

Mastitis is the most common infectious disease among dairy cattle and has been singled out as the most significant cause of economical loss in the dairy industry. Control of mastitis is important because milk may harbor organisms potentially pathogenic to humans [1]. Staphylococci are the bacteria most commonly isolated from subclinical mastitis [2]. However, during recent years, coagulase-nega...

Mixture models are appealing for identifying hidden structures affecting somatic cell score (SCS) data, such as unrecorded cases of subclinical mastitis. Thus, liability-normal mixture (LNM) models were used for genetic analysis of SCS data, with the aim of predicting breeding values for such cases of mastitis. Here, putative mastitis statuses and breeding values for liability to putative masti...

Mastitis is the most common and costly disease of dairy cows (Hortet and Seegers, 1998; Zafalon et al., 2007); this is also the single most common reason for antimicrobial use in dairy herds, since antimicrobial therapy is the major primary tool for mastitis control in lactating and dry cows. Recently, coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CNS) are increasing in importance as cause of bovine intram...

GIESECKE, W. H. & VILJOEN, M. H ., 1974. The diagnosis of subclinical mastitis in lactating cows: a comparison of cytological methods and a monovalent radial immunodiffusion test. Onderstepoort J. vet. Res., 41(2) 51 74 (1974). The diagnostic accuracy of conventional methods for the diagnosis of subclinical mastitis, such as the direct microscopic count (DMC) and electronic cell count (ECC) eit...

infection is more problematic since the milk appears normal but usually cell count. Diagnosis of subclinical mastitis can be made in a variety of asurement of the somatic cell count (SCC) level or indirectly by Mastitis Test (CMT) on suspected quarters. Milk culture of suspected site samples) will identify the presence of mastitis pathogens but will the degree of inflammation associated with th...

Treatment of mastitis should be based on bacteriological diagnosis and take national and international guidelines on prudent use of antimicrobials into account. In acute mastitis, where bacteriological diagnosis is not available, treatment should be initiated based on herd data and personal experience. Rapid bacteriological diagnosis would facilitate the proper selection of the antimicrobial. T...

Streptococcus uberis is frequently isolated from the mammary gland of dairy cattle. Infection with some strains can induce mild subclinical inflammation whilst others induce severe inflammation and clinical mastitis. We compared here the inflammatory response of primary cultures of bovine mammary epithelial cells (pbMEC) towards S. uberis strains collected from clinical or subclinical cases (se...