Mild Mastitis

[Rechellef]

I am pretty positive my queen has a mild case of mastitis. I have the test strips/cards (from Hoegger) and one circle turned green. When I filtered her milk, I also noticed a slight curdling residue on the filter and her milk tastes slightly salty. Her udder is super soft with no lumpiness and she milks down fine and has no fever or any other indication of illness. Therefore, I am assuming it's a mild case. What should I do for a mild case of mastitis? Will it go away on its own or get worse? Should I give her antibiotics?

[Rockytopsis]

It won't go away on its own I believe, but I am not educated enough my self to recomend treatment to you.
I know that keeping her milked out several times a day is recomended and the use of either Today or Tomorrow is also recomended.
I am sure some of the others will be on soon to advise you.
Nancy

[Alice In TX/MO]

BEFORE YOU TREAT WITH ANYTHING, take sterile samples (as per the instructions in the sticky at the top of the board) and freeze them so you can send a sample to LSU's mastitis clinic. The shipping is pricey, but the testing is free, and if you request, they will test to see which antibiotics will work on the specific bacteria your goat has growing.

[Creamers]

Mild cases often go away on their own, and I know a lot of long time breeders just add vit. C and milk 3 times a day until it resolves, but this might not be a mild case - it might be the start of a major case - before treating, milk out some milk and freeze it - that way you have it to send in - and then you can do a PEN G treatment, which might take care of it and it takes sometime to get results back from LSU - You can change the treatment, if need be.