Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a rare condition of unknown aetiology, affecting women of childbearing age. Although many conditions mimic granulomatous mastitis, the cytologic pattern of epithelioid cells, multinucleated giant cells, neutrophils, macrophages and reactive epithelial cells, in absence of caseation necrosis and foam cells should prompt a diagnosis of granulomatous mastitis. ...

Introduction The quality of milk is defined based on the somatic cell count (SCC) and bacterial count of bulk tank milk. Since 1986, the dairy industry has successfully adapted to gradual reductions in allowable regulatory limits for SCC and bacteria. The dairy industry has responded by adopting methods to control contagious mastitis and the prevalence of mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureu...

INTroDuCTIoN Intramammary infection (mastitis) is the most common reason for the use of antimicrobials in dairy cows (Mitchell et al. 1998; Grave et al. 1999). Antimicrobials have been used to treat mastitis for more than fifty years, but consensus about the most efficient, safe, and economical treatment is still lacking. The concept of evidence-based medicine has been introduced to veterinary ...

Mastitis is ranked as the top disease for dairy cattle based on traditional cost analysis. Greater than 100 organisms from a broad phylogenetic spectrum are able to cause bovine mastitis. Transcriptomic characterization facilitates our understanding of host-pathogen relations and provides mechanistic insight into host resistance to mastitis. In this review, we discuss effector mechanisms and tr...

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...

The study was carried out to investigate the current antibiogram status of bovine mastitis in and around Ranchi. The prevalence of mastitis was assessed by the results of bacteriological evacuation of mastitic milk samples collected from mastitis cases. A total of 150 cases of mastitis were studied for isolation followed by antibiotic sensitivity test. The major prevalent pathogens isolated wer...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic value of multi-slice spiral CT (MSCT) for plasma cell mastitis. METHODS Radiographs of MSCT for forty-six patients with plasma cell mastitis diagnosed by pathological examination were reviewed. RESULTS The findings of MSCT of plasma cell mastitis could be divided into four types, including the inflammation type, the abscess type, the sinus and fistula ty...

A 31-year-old woman was referred with a painful mass in the left breast that was initially treated with antibiotics. Three weeks later, the mass had increased and polyarthritis and erythema nodosum had developed in both legs. A core needle biopsy led to a diagnosis of granulomatous mastitis with arthritis and erythema nodosum. Low-dose prednisolone (10 mg) rapidly improved the arthritis and the...

Mastitis is the most common reason for antimicrobial treatment of dairy cows (Grave et al. 1999; Mitchell et al. 1998). Antimicrobials have been used to treat mastitis for more than fifty years, but consensus about the most efficient, safe, and economical treatment is still lacking. The concept of evidence based medicine has recently been introduced to veterinary medicine (Cockcroft & Holmes, 2...

*Corresponding Address: [email protected] The study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of subclinical mastitis (SCM) in dairy cows in the Bhaktapur District of Nepal. A total of 200 milk samples were collected from 50 dairy cows. The California mastitis test (CMT) was carried out on quarter milk samples to determine the prevalence of subclinical mastitis. California Mastitis Test (CMT)...