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Management strategies to decrease the prevalence of mastitis caused by one strain of Staphylococcus aureus in a dairy herd.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11393376     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The dairy herd at Washington State University had an outbreak of mastitis caused by a single strain of Staphylococcus aureus. The outbreak strain, termed novel, could not be controlled with routine contagious mastitis pathogen control procedures (incidence, 3.4 infections/100 cow months; peak prevalence > 22%). Our objective was to implement mastitis control measures that would decrease the incidence and prevalence of intramammary infection (IMI) caused by S aureus in the herd. The following intervention strategies were successfully implemented: strict segregation of cattle with IMI caused by S aureus, intensified culling of cattle with multiple-quarter IMI caused by S aureus, and inducing cessation of lactation of infected quarters in single-mammary-quarter infected cattle. One year after implementation of these control measures, incidence of IMI caused by S aureus was 0.35 infections/100 cow months, and prevalence had decreased from 20 to 8%.
Authors:
J R Middleton; L K Fox; T H Smith
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association     Volume:  218     ISSN:  0003-1488     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc.     Publication Date:  2001 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-06-06     Completed Date:  2001-12-05     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7503067     Medline TA:  J Am Vet Med Assoc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1615-8, 1581-2     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-70601, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cattle
Cell Count / veterinary
Dairying / methods*
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control,  veterinary
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control,  veterinary
Female
Infection Control
Mammary Glands, Animal / microbiology
Mastitis, Bovine / epidemiology,  microbiology,  prevention & control*
Milk / cytology,  microbiology
Prevalence
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology,  prevention & control,  veterinary*
Staphylococcus aureus / classification,  isolation & purification*

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