Granulomatous mastitis is a rare, benign , chronic inflammatory condition of the breast. Clinical and radiogical features may mimic breast carcinoma. It represents a therapeutic dilemma and treatment alternatives are still unclear. Generally high recurrence rates are reported after excision. Granulomatous mastitis is a disease of unknow etiology; the most favorable factor is autoimmune reaction...

Experimental mastitis was induced by inoculating rear right quarters of 10 healthy cows with 10(3) cfu of Escherichia coli. The chemotactic responses of peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes at d-6, -5, -2, -1, and immediately prior to inoculation were measured. Chemiluminescence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes was measured immediately prior to inoculation. Severity of the experimental ...

Our aim was to identify a suitable microRNA housekeeping gene for real-time PCR analysis of bovine mastitis-related microRNA in milk. We identified , , and as housekeeping gene candidates on the basis of previous Solexa sequencing results. Threshold cycle (CT) values for , , and did not differ between milk from control cows and milk from mastitis-affected cows. NormFinder software identified as...

Although numerous reports on bacteriophages for staphylococci of human origin have appeared, none could be found regarding phages active against staphylococci from bovine sources. This laboratory has been concerned with various phases of bovine mastitis, hence it was of interest to investigate the occurrence and role of bacteriophage in staphylococcal mastitis. While this type of mastitis is pr...

The severity of experimental Escherichia coli mastitis in relation to in vitro chemotaxis of polymorphonuclear leukocytes was investigated in cows during negative energy balance. The negative energy balance was induced by feed restriction. Cows were classified into two groups, ketonemic and nonketonemic, based on the beta-hydroxybutyrate concentration in the peripheral blood at the moment of in...

BACKGROUND Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the breast, which is often difficult to differentiate both clinically and radiologically from infectious aetiologies such as tuberculosis, fungal infections, and also from malignancy, thus posing a diagnostic dilemma. We present a pictorial review of the commonly encountered imaging findings in idiopathic granulom...

A cross-sectional study was carried out from November 2008 April 2009 to estimate the prevalence of mastitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus, to assess the associated risk factors and to determine the antimicrobial resistance pattern in Adama town, East Shoa, Ethiopia. From 102 markets oriented small holder dairy farms, a total of 300 lactating cows were tested for mastitis using the California...

This study aims to determine the correlation between dairy cattle teat length at several lactation periods and subclinical mastitis profile. used 43 periods. The of cows studied were 1, 2, 3. Subclinical testing IPB-1 Mastitis Test, was measured using a measuring tape (cm). data is taken then analyzed average described. results showed that 5.11 cm did not experience mastitis, while 5.48 cm, 6.0...

the toll-like receptor 4 (tlr4) is an innate immune protein on cell surfaces that identifies lipopolysaccharide (lps) of gram-negative bacteria. genetic markers associated with innate responses during mastitis could help in selection of cattle to improve disease resistance. the objective of this study was to determine the association between tlr4 gene and clinical mastitis, using selective geno...

A cross sectional study was conducted in and around Woliata Soddo in different dairy breeds (jersey, indigenous zebu, and high grade Holstein breed) from November 2013 to May 2014 to estimate the prevalence of mastitis and to assess the associated risk factors at Soddo regional veterinary laboratory. A total of 386 lactating cows of which 216 indigenous zebu, 88 jersey, 82 high grade Holsteins ...