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<strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>Milk</strong><br />

Table 10: Microbes Causing Contagious Mastitis<br />

SCIENTIFIC NAME<br />

Staphylococcus aureus<br />

Streptococcus agalactiae<br />

Mycoplasma bovis<br />

Arcanobacterium pyogenes<br />

ALTERNATIVE NAMES<br />

Staph., Staph. aureus, hemolytic Staph, HS<br />

Strep., Strep. ag, SA<br />

Mycoplasma, M. bovis<br />

Coryne., heifer mastitis, summer mastitis<br />

Best Management Practices to Control Contagious Mastitis:<br />

Use proper pre-milking sanitation practices to prevent the spread of bacteria from<br />

water and contaminated towels.<br />

Ensure that milking equipment is properly sized, maintained and attached.<br />

Use proper post-milking teat dipping practices with approved teat dip to prevent the<br />

spread of bacteria.<br />

Implement plans for investigating the cause and treating cases of clinical mastitis ⎯<br />

in consultation with your veterinarian. This will ensure that the microbes causing<br />

mastitis are properly identified and treated.<br />

Treat all quarters with dry cow treatment at drying off to assist in treating existing<br />

infections and prevent new ones.<br />

Cull cows that are chronically infected with contagious mastitis to decrease the risk<br />

of new infections in the herd.<br />

Implement a biosecurity plan to prevent the introduction of animals with contagious<br />

mastitis.<br />

<strong>Milk</strong> infected or treated cows last or separately into a bucket.<br />

3.2.4.2 Environmental Mastitis<br />

Environmental mastitis results from infection of the udder by microbes (see Table 11)<br />

that come from the barn environment. Most of these microbes originate in cattle<br />

manure.<br />

Environmental microbes lead to clinical mastitis more often than contagious microbes<br />

do, but many infections caused by environmental microbes do not lead to clinical<br />

mastitis. Most new environmental infections occur during the dry period and during the<br />

first 75 days after freshening.<br />

The visible changes in milk that occur during clinical mastitis from environmental<br />

microbes are the result of the reaction by the udder to the microbes. In many cases of<br />

environmental mastitis, the microbes that cause the infection are eliminated from the<br />

udder before the milk looks abnormal. This is one reason why a milk culture may be<br />

negative even when the milk is obviously abnormal.<br />

3—14<br />

June 2010

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