11/04/10, 06:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Alaska
Posts: 222
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Originally Posted by PotBellyPigs
Well, I don't own cattle, but I do own goats, and NONE of you answered Chris' question about crushing antibiotics into her cow's feed!
"Mastitis occurs when white blood cells (leucocytes), are released into the mammary gland, usually in response an invasion of bacteria of the teat canal. Milk-secreting tissue, and various ducts throughout the mammary gland are damaged due to toxins by the bacteria. Mastitis can also occur as a result of chemical, mechanical, or thermal injury. This disease can be identified by abnormalities in the udder such as swelling, heat, redness or pain. Other indications of mastitis may be abnormalities in milk such as a watery appearance, flakes, clots, or pus."
Bacterial cells of Staphylococcus aureus, one of the causal agents of mastitis in dairy cows. Its large capsule protects the organism from attack by the cow's immunological defenses.Bacteria that are known to cause mastitis include:
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Streptococcus agalactiae[2]
Brucella melitensis
Corynebacterium bovis
Mycoplasma (various species)
Escherichia coli, (E. coli)
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Klebsiella oxytoca
Enterobacter aerogenes[3]
Pasteurella spp.[4]
Arcanobacterium pyogenes[5]
Proteus spp.[6]
Prototheca zopfii (achlorophyllic algae)
Prototheca wickerhamii (achlorophyllic algae)[6]
My guess, not being a vet is that by this description, antibiotics would be a good course of action.
Ps- I wouldn't mind running a few head of Highland cattle myself, sometime in the future.
Greg Zeigler,
Alger, Ohio
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OK, so why highlight my post?
Sounds like you know what you are doing. I wish you well.
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