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1. Caprine Mastitis: Management and Control Dr. Jerry RobersonUT College of Veterinary Medicine
2. Definitions Mastitis: inflammation of mammary gland
Mostly bacterial
Mostly unseen inflammation
3. Subclinical vs Clinical Mastitis
Subclinical: you can’t see it.
Clinical: you can see it.
4. Clinical Classification Mild clinical
Abnormal milk
NORMAL Doe
Moderate clinical
Abnormal milk (+/- heat swelling, pain)
Doe somewhat off
Severe clinical
Abnormal milk (+/- heat swelling, pain)
Obviously sick doe
5. Chronic Mastitis Long duration
Can be subclinical or clinical
Primarily contagious pathogens
6. THE BUGS
7. Staphylococcus aureus Most important
Contagious: spread from infected udders
Creates chronic mastitis
Difficult to cure
Main cause of “Blue Bag”
Causes high somatic cell count (SCC)
8. CNS 25 + speices of coagulase negative staphylococcus (CNS)
Most common udder pathogens
Minor pathogens?????
Prevent other major infections?
Live on body sites
9. Major Environmental Pathogens Coliforms
E. coli
Klebsiella
Pseudomonas
Pasteurella
Environmental Streps
10. Coliforms: How are they transmitted? Enter via the teat canal
Opportunist
11. Mycoplasma Does not grow on routine bacterial culture (requires a special agar)
Contagious
No successful treatment
May also be arthritis and ear nfections.
12. CAE (Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis) A virus
Cause Hard Bag
May be no other signs
No treatment
Consider a control program
13. Management of mastitis They don’t all need to be treated.
Little scientific research on clinical mastitis treatment efficacy.
My approach to clinical mastitis…….
14. Step 1 What is the severity?
If really sick, get treatment started
If mild, hold treatment pending cultures
If moderate, culture and observe
15. Step 2 Get a milk sample
Submit for culture
Collect prior to therapy
Culture results
Change treatment?
Where’s the problem?
Control measures???
Culling decisions
16. Step 3: Treatment “No results from a controlled trial are available on the efficacy (i.e. bacteriological and clinical cure) of parenteral or intramammary antibiotherapy.” (In a 2003 Review article written for Veterinary Research by Bergonier)
17. Step 3: Treatment Mild cases
Culture
treat based on culture results
18. Step 3: Treatment Moderate cases
Culture
Treat +/-
Alter treatment based on culture results
19. Step 3: Treatment Severe cases
Culture
FANO
F = fluids
A = antibiotics
N = nonsteroidal antiinflammatories
O = other
20. Step 3: Treatment: Fluids Probably the most essential treatment
Help protect against toxins and dehydration
Best route of fluid administration
Oral (if rumen still working good)
IV (if rumen shut down)
Consider fluid need on a daily basis
21. Step 3: Treatment: Antibiotics If severe, systemic antibiotics necessary
Should be broad-spectrum (example oxytetracycline)
Goats not on the label
Treat systemically for 3-5 days
What to use intramammary????
If blue bag (S. aureus) suspected, use a penicillin-like intramammary product.
If S. aureus not suspected and the doe is really ill, use Spectramast® (Intramammary ceftiofur)
As coliforms die, endotoxin will be released.
Thus anti-inflammatory drugs must be on-board
22. Step 3: Treatment: Anti-inflammatory Do they help? Maybe
A field evaluation of Banamine for treatment of naturally occurring acute caprine mastitis found that treated does had a significantly more rapid reduction of clinical signs than controls.
Don’t give without considering fluids
Really should use if coliform mastitis
23. Step 3: Treatment: Other Calcium
Tons of other things
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26. Some things seem logical but it helps to take a step back and consider...