Open AccessBovine mastitis therapy and why it fails : continuing education
Author(s) -
J.H. Du Preez
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of the south african veterinary association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2224-9435
pISSN - 1019-9128
DOI - 10.4102/jsava.v71i3.714
Subject(s) - mastitis , udder , antibiotic therapy , antibiotics , antimicrobial , medicine , animal husbandry , pathological , veterinary medicine , intensive care medicine , immunology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , ecology , agriculture
Treatment of bovine mastitis depends on the cause, the clinical manifestation and the antibiotic susceptibility of the agent. Mastitis therapy is commonly unsuccessful owing to pathological changes that occur in the udder parenchyma as a result of the inflammatory reaction to mastitogenic bacteria, pharmacokinetic properties of antimicrobial mastitis drugs, mastitogenic bacterial and related factors, and poor animal husbandry and veterinary interventions.