PREVALENCE AND ETIOLOGY OF SUBCLINIC BOVINE MASTITES IN DAIRY PROPERTIES WITH MECHANICAL MILKING PROCESS IN THE STATE OF GOIÁS

Samples from 942 cows were tested by the California Mastitis Test – CMT. Most of them were black and white holstein, apparently healthy animals, from 25 dairy farms, located in the State of Goiás, in which milking process was made mechanically. It was found that 375 (39.8%) animals showed positive r...

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Autores: Andrade, Maria Auxiliadora, Mesquita, Albenones José de, Dias Filho, Francisco de Carvalho, Jayme, Valéria de Sá
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/2980
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/2980
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Subclinical mastitis
primarily pathogens
contaminant pathogens
Mastite subclínica
leite bovino
patágenos ambientais
patógenos contagiosos
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Sumario:Samples from 942 cows were tested by the California Mastitis Test – CMT. Most of them were black and white holstein, apparently healthy animals, from 25 dairy farms, located in the State of Goiás, in which milking process was made mechanically. It was found that 375 (39.8%) animals showed positive results to CMT in values ranging from +, ++, +++. Milk from each CMT reactive teat, 667 samples in total, was bacteriologically analised in an attempt to isolate and identify microorganisms associated with intramammarian infections, obtaining 938 strains in pure culture or in association, as follows: Staphylococcus aureus, 291 times (30.2%); Corynebacterium bovis, 120 times (12.5%); coagulase negative Staphylococcus, 112 times (11.6%); Streptococcus agalactiae, 14 times (1.5%); Streptococcus uberis, 36 times (3.7%); Streptococcus pyogenes, 12 times (1.2%); Streptococcus spp, 66 times (6.9%); Pseudomonas spp., 96 times (10.0%); Corynebacterium pyogenes, 24 times (2.5%); Escherichia coli, 60 times (6.2%); Nocardia spp.p. 14 times (1.5%) and others, 93 times (9.6%). These microorganisms were considered as being either primarily pathogens (55.8%) or contaminants (41.6%). KEY-WORDS: Subclinical mastitis; primarily pathogens; contaminant pathogens.