Integrated system for the prevention and treatment of mastitis in lactating cows

Abstract

The disease of cows with mastitis is a serious problem in the intensive use of animals and the financial well-being of dairy farms [1,5]. The development of animal health programs, as well as the introduction of an integrated approach to the prevention of mastitis using modern pharmacotherapy, is the main task of veterinary medicine today [10,11]. Different groups of microorganisms cause mastitis; recently, frequent cases of participation of Klebsiella, gram-negative polymorphic microorganisms, can be noted [7,8]. Analysis of statistics shows that mastitis becomes recurrent in 40% of cases. The repeated occurrence of mastitis occurs as a result of the weakening of the body and the immune system, as well as the development of bacterio-resistance [9]. In our scientific work (2015-2021), various methods of preventive and therapeutic measures were used on farms. The main ones were: preparation of the udder for milking, treatment of milking and dairy equipment with disinfectants, compliance with machine milking regimes. Every year, the latest drugs were used to treat mastitis and increase the overall resistance of the body and the immune system [2,3]. The purpose of this article is to create a unified approach in the prevention and treatment of mastitis, thereby pursuing the preservation of the health of dairy cows, obtaining environmentally friendly products and reducing the economic damage to farms. In the complex use of modern medicines to increase the overall resistance and immune system of the body, as well as the processing of milking and dairy equipment, the incidence of mastitis in cows was reduced by 2 times. The use of new anti-mastitis drugs showed high efficiency, which reached 86.7-96.7% of each, and when two drugs were used simultaneously, it was 98.2% [4].