The Effect of Teat Damage on the Incidence of Experimental Mastitis in the Mouse

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Summary The effect of teat damage on the incidence of mastitis in suckling and non-suckling mice in the presence and absence of a pathogenic staphylococcus was investigated. A combination of teat damage together with suckling (i.e. nursing offspring) resulted in mastitis. In the absence of a pathogenic staphylococcus the mammary glands were sterile but in the presence of a pathogenic staphylococcus large numbers of the pathogenic strain were recovered from the mammary glands.