Costs of clinical mastitis and mastitis prevention in dairy herds

• Published in: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Vol. 202; no. 8; p. 1230
• Main Authors: Miller, G.Y. (The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH), Bartlett, P.C, Lance, S.E, Anderson, J, Heider, L.E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 15.04.1993
• Subjects: Animals; BACTERIA; BOVIN LAITIER; BOVINE MASTITIS; Cattle; CONTROL DE ENFERMEDADES; CONTROLE DE MALADIES; COSTOS; COSTS; Costs and Cost Analysis; COUT; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY COWS; Dairying - economics; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVENTION; EFFECTIF DU CHEPTEL; Escherichia coli - isolation & purification; Female; GANADO DE LECHE; HATOS; HERDS; Incidence; LIVESTOCK NUMBERS; MAMMITE BOVINE; MASTITIS BOVINA; Mastitis, Bovine - economics; Mastitis, Bovine - epidemiology; Mastitis, Bovine - prevention & control; Milk - microbiology; MIXED INFECTIONS; NUMERO DE CABEZAS; Ohio - epidemiology; PATHOGENESE; PATHOGENESIS; PATOGENESIS; Staphylococcus - isolation & purification; Streptococcus - isolation & purification; TROUPEAU; VACAS LECHERAS; VACHE LAITIERE; Ohio

A stratified random sample of 50 Ohio dairy herds, monitored for 1 year between March 1988 and May 1989, was used to estimate the component costs of clinical mastitis per cow-year overall and by organism, the component costs of an episode of clinical mastitis overall and by organism, and the inciden...