Causes, Prevention and treatment of Dairy Cow mastitis

Dairy cow is one of the main breeds of cattle, its economic value is mainly milk production, milk is an important source of many milk products, but also the main economic income of farmers. However, with the expansion of breeding scale, the incidence of cow mastitis is also increasing, causing huge economic losses to dairy production, so what is the cause of cow mastitis? How to prevent it? Let's take a look at the detailed introduction of pro-agricultural network together.

1. Etiological analysis

Dairy cow mastitis is caused by external stimulation of the mammary gland of the cow itself. There are many causes, such as mechanical injury, improper operation during milking, resulting in trauma to the mammary gland of the cow, or cleaning the udder of the cow. The tools used are unsanitary or improper, which may cause the cow to cause the disease. In addition, if the feeding environment is unsanitary, it will lead to the breeding of many germs, thus invading the udder of the cow to cause the disease, feeding deteriorated and mildewed feed, or improper use of drugs, and the low resistance of the cow itself may induce the disease.

2. Symptoms

Cows suffering from mastitis are characterized by low spirits, reduced appetite, and increased body temperature. The most significant is redness and congestion of the udder. In addition, the touch will feel no elasticity, slightly hard, and the cow will have pain. Cows have poor milk discharge, milk becomes turbid and viscous, yellow in color, flocs or milk clots appear when they are seriously ill, smell fishy smell, milk production is extremely low, affecting income, some cows in serious illness, may lead to permanent loss of mammary gland, thus making them lose lactation function. Mastitis can be divided into acute mastitis, chronic mastitis and recessive mastitis, of which acute mastitis and chronic mastitis can be diagnosed from the onset symptoms, the difference between them lies in the speed of onset, and recessive mastitis, as its name, is difficult to find from the appearance, but it will affect milk production, we can detect the pH value of milk, if the milk is alkaline, it means mastitis, and the higher the alkalinity of milk, the more serious the disease is. Timely treatment is required.

3. Prevention and control methods

Because there are three kinds of symptoms of breast disease, acute onset is rapid, invisible appearance is not visible, so often miss the best time when treatment, so general prevention is the main, treatment is supplemented. First of all, we must do a good job in the sanitation of the breeding environment, ensure the cleanliness of the enclosure, regularly clean up feces and dirt, replace the grass in time, ensure that the enclosure is dry and clean, and do a good job of ventilation, often ventilate the environment. In addition, the temperature and humidity of the pen are closely related to the occurrence of mastitis. The higher the temperature and humidity of the pen, the disorder of the physiological function of the cow, resulting in low resistance. In the environment of high temperature and humidity, it is easy to cause the breeding and reproduction of bacteria and microorganisms, so it leads to the increase of the disease rate.

In addition to doing a good job in the environmental work of the enclosure, it is good to carry out regular disinfection and sterilization work on the enclosure to prevent the large number of bacteria from propagating, thus harming the cows, not only the disinfection work of the enclosure, but also the disinfection work of the breeding site, staff and transportation environment. Also pay attention to the time and method when milking, the time of milking every day should also be fixed, form a good biological clock, clean before milking, disinfect the udder and milking equipment, and ensure that the cow is not infected by bacteria during milking. Treatment must be timely, common treatment methods are massage treatment, hot compress treatment, infrared treatment, Chinese herbal medicine treatment and vaccination methods.

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