FAILURE OF EXIT-RACE TEAT SPRAYING TO CONTROL CORYNEBACTERIUM-BOVIS COLONIZATION

Citation
Je. Hillerton et al., FAILURE OF EXIT-RACE TEAT SPRAYING TO CONTROL CORYNEBACTERIUM-BOVIS COLONIZATION, Veterinary record, 137(25), 1995, pp. 633-635
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
00424900
Volume
137
Issue
25
Year of publication
1995
Pages
633 - 635
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-4900(1995)137:25<633:FOETST>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
When an automated exit-race teat sprayer replaced a conventional teat dip cup for the application of a disinfectant containing 0.5 per cent iodine, there was an increase in the level of intramammary infection b y Corynebacterium bovis at drying off from approximately 25 per cent o f quarters to approximately 75 per cent of quarters, When the peak lev el of infection had been reached half of the clinical mastitis in the herd was caused by C bovis, and these were recurrent and chronic infec tions, There was some evidence that the increase in C bovis infection increased the bulk milk cell count, There were no changes in the rates of infection by major pathogens or by coagulase-negative staphylococc i, another important secondary pathogen, The reintroduction of teat di pping rapidly reduced the rate of mastitis infection and the level of infection was reduced to approximately 20 per cent of quarters in abou t 12 months.