Mastitis represents a major endemic disease of dairy cattle, being a very complex disease that depends on several factors and usually presented subclinically in herds. The treatment and control entails high costs and losses for the industry. The author has developed an accurate, visual review analysing the most highlighted features of this condition and pointing out the main control measures to prevent it.

Authors:

MARIA E. PRADO

MV, PhD, DACVIM.

Dr. Maria E. Prado obtained her veterinary medicine degree (MV) from the University of Zulia in Maracaibo, Venezuela in 1987. Following two years of bovine private practice, she came to the United States to further her education. She completed a one year internship in Food Animal Medicine and Surgery and Equine Theriogenology at Oklahoma State University (1993-1994) followed by a residency in Food Animal Medicine and Surgery (1995-1998) and board certification in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2000). Dr. Prado performed graduate studies in Veterinary Pathobiology and obtained a PhD at Oklahoma State University in 2003 and a postdoc in Molecular Virology. Since 2005, she has been employed by the University of Tennessee where she conducts research in the areas of bovine mastitis and respiratory disease as well as teaching.

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Table of Contents:

1. The bovine mammary gland

Macroscopic anatomy

Microscopic anatomy

Physiology of the lactation

Mammary gland growth (mammogenesis)

Milk production and lactation

Milk ejection reflex

Defense mechanisms

Physical barriers

Cellular defenses

Noncellular defenses

2. Epidemiology

Prevalence and incidence

Distribution and frequency of isolation of

pathogens from clinical mastitis

Source and transmission of infection

Risk factors

3. Pathogenesis

Infectious aetiology

4. Clinical presentation

5. Diagnosis

Subclinical mastitis

SCC

Clinical mastitis

Physical exam

Milk culture and sensitivity

6. Treatment

7. Control and prevention

8. Case investigation

Herd goals

Mastitis problem investigation

9. References