Abstract:
Bovine mastitis is the most common reason for antibiotic usage in dairy cows, its costs being estimated at more than
$350 per mastitis case. Accurately identifying the bacterial species at the core of a mastitis infection may help narrow
down treatment choices and cut down on the overuse of antibiotics. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the
prevalence of etiological agents in milk samples from cows with clinical mastitis using commercially available culture
plates (ClearMilk, LabMediaServis, Czech Republic). Briefly, milk samples were collected from udder quarters with
clinical mastitis and were aerobically cultured using the on-farm culture system. If two prominent mastitis pathogens
were identified, the sample was labelled as "mixed growth," and if three or more pathogens were observed, it was
labelled as "contaminated". Our results indicate that ClearMilk might be an useful on-farm milk culturing tool for
detecting pathogens linked with bovine mastitis.
