Mastitis Control from Science to Practice

• Preface
• International Conference on Mastitis Control 2008: From science to practice
  Keynote
  
• Improving udder health on well managed farms: mitigating the ‘perfect storm’ - Y.H. Schukken, H.W. Barkema, T.J.G.M. Lam and R.N. Zadoks
  Infectious pressure
  
• Prevalence of subclinical mastitis pathogens and adoption of udder health management practices on Dutch dairy farms: preliminary results - O.C. Sampimon, R.G.M. Olde Riekerink and T.J.G.M. Lam
• Prevalence of mastitis pathogens in milk samples from Portuguese dairy cattle - L. Pinho, J. Ferreira, C. Cabral, R. Lameira, P. Meireles, F. Vaz, J. Carvalheira and G. Thompson
• A comparison of the occurrence of mastitis in Dutch primi- and multiparous cows - B.H.P. van den Borne, G. van Schaik, T.J.G.M. Lam and M. Nielen
• Prevalence of pathogens in milk samples of dairy cows with clinical mastitis and in heifers at first parturition - B.-A. Tenhagen, I. Hansen, A. Reinecke and W. Heuwieser
• Prevalence at herd-level of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in milk samples of dairy herds - J. Vicca, W. Vanderhaeghen, T. Cerpentier and P. Butaye
• Comparing bacterial counts on bare hands with gloved hands during milking - R.G.M. Olde Riekerink, O.C. Sampimon, V.J. Eerland, M.J. Swarts and T.J.G.M. Lam
• Changes of mastitis pathogen spectrum in dairy herds of Latvia - A. Jemeljanovs, I.H. Konosonoka, J. Bluzmanis and D. Ikauniece
• Molecular testing, epidemiological aspects, prevalence and distribution of mastitis pathogens in dairy bovine, caprine and ovine herds - P. Cremonesi, B. Castiglioni, P. Moroni and G. Pisoni
• Prevalence of bovine mastitis and causal agents in the state of Jalisco, Mexico - H. Castañeda, W. Wolter, S.P. Jäger, M. Szchöck, M.A. Castañeda, G. Perez and C. Bedolla
• Etiology of subclinic mastitis in Patzcuaro Michoacan - L.C. Bedolla, R. Mejia, I. Renteria, E. Bedolla, E. Garcia, H. Castañeda, M.A. Castañeda, J.C. Serratos and W. Wolter
• If ten points are no longer sufficient: an observational study on factors related to udder health and milk quality in Flanders, Belgium - B. Verbist, B. Sonck, V. Piessens, G. Braem, L. Herman and S. de Vliegher
• Protocol for evaluation of teat dips efficacy on mastitis prevention - H. Charier and R. Alasri
• Good hygiene practice on dairy farms - J. Verhaeghe and R. Alasri
• Coagulase-negative staphylococci: a matter of lesser concern? - K. Supré, S. de Vliegher, R.N. Zadoks and F. Haesebrouck
• Molecular typing of microflora on teat apices using culture-dependent and cultureindependent methodologies - G. Braem, S. de vliegher, B. Verbist, V. Piessens, F. Leroy and L. de vuyst
  Resistance
  
• Heifer and quarter characteristics associated with periparturient blood and milk neutrophilic viability - S. Piepers, G. Opsomer, K. Demeyere, A. de Kruif, E. Meyer and S. de Vliegher
• Parameters for natural resistance in bovine milk - T.C.W. Ploegaert, E.J. Tijhaar, H.K. Parmentier, J.J. van der Poel, J.A.M. van Arendonk and H.F.J. Savelkoul
• Genetic characterisation of inflammatory and immune responses to a bovine Staphylococcus aureus small colony variant and its isogeneic wild type strain - H.N. Atalla and B.A. Mallard
• Immunisation of dairy heifers with a Staphylococcus aureus bacterin reduces infection level and somatic cell counts at time of calving - S.C. Nickerson, E.P. Hovingh and P.W. Widel
• Meta-analysis of the effect of oral selenium supplementation on milk selenium concentration in cattle - A. Ceballos, J. Sánchez, H.W. Barkema, H. Stryhn, J.B. Montgomery and J.J. Wichtel
• Oxidative damage, vitamin E and mammary gland health in heifers - R.J. Bouwstra, R.M.A. Goselink, P. Dobbelaar, M. Nielen and T. van Werven
• The usefulness of a new udder health index to decrease mastitis incidence - Y. de Haas, G. de Jong, W. Ouweltjes, J. ten Napel and J.J. Windig
• Efficient breeding against mastitis by creative use of somatic cell counts - J.J. Windig, G. de Jong, W. Ouweltjes, J. ten Napel and Y. de Haas
• A dual purpose breed guarantees not a higher resistance against mastitis - K. Barth and K. Aulrich
• Effect of selenium supplementation on somatic cell count around calving and in lactating dairy cows - A. Ceballos, J. Neumann, A. Mella, J. Kruze, H.W. Barkema, J. Wichtel and F. Wittwer
• RRR-a-tocopheryl acetate provides protection against mastitis in transition cows - M.R. Peisker and Y. Dersjant-Li
• Lymphocyte apoptosis during experimentally induced mastitis - P. Slama, Z. Sladek, D. Rysanek, T. Langrova and M. Zouharova
• The resident leukocytes from bovine mammary gland: proportion of functional and dead cells - Z. Sladek and D. Rysanek
• The bacterial cellular wall components are able to affect the apoptosis and the expression of surface receptors on heifer mammary gland neutrophils - T. Langrova, Z. Sladek, D. Rysanek and P. Slama
• Effect of intramammary injection of liposomal RbGM-CSF on milk and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of subpopulation in Holstein cows with naturally infected subclinical mastitis - Y. Kiku, T. Ozawa, S. Inumaru, S. Kushibiki, T. Hayashi and H. Takahashi
• Effect of intramammary injection of RbGM-CSF on neutrophils function of blood and milk in Holstein cows with subclinical mastitis - T. Ozawa, Y. Kiku, S. Inumaru, S. Hasegawa, S. Kushibiki, T. Hayashi and H. Takahashi
• Phenotypic and genotypic variation of bovine immune responses in cohort dairy herds across Canada - K.A. Thompson and B.A. Mallard
• Cis-urocanic acid protects against mammary tissue injury during intramammary Escherichia coli infection - D.D. Bannerman, M. Rinaldi, B.T. Vinyard, J. Laihia and L. Leino
  Detection, diagnosis and treatment
  
• Epidemiologic association of Staphylococcus aureus virulence markers with intramammary infection chronicity - B.V. LeThanh, C.J. Lebeau, S. Messier, F. Malouin and D. Scholl
• Identification of bacteria associated with mastitis and poor hygiene in bovine farm tank milk - J.L.W. Rademaker
• Analytical detection limit of the PathoProof^TM Mastitis PCR Assay determined using two different experimental approaches - M.T. Koskinen, J. Holopainen, L. Salmikivi, H. Lehmusto, S. Niskala and J. Kurkela
• Phenotypic and molecular identification of Streptococcus species isolated from milk of intramammary infected dairy cows in Austria - M. Gonano and P. Winter
• Detection of mastitis pathogens by analysis of volatile metabolites - K.A. Hettinga, H.J.F. van Valenberg, T.J.G.M. Lam and A.C.M. van Hooijdonk
• Extended biofilm susceptibility assay for Staphylococcus aureus bovine mastitis isolates: evidence for association between Agr-type and biofilm susceptibility - M.B. Melchior, M.H.J. van Osch, T.J.G.M. Lam, W. Gaastra and J. Fink-Gremmels
• Improving mastitis control programs through identification of risk factors related to the incidence of subclinical intramammary infections - S. Dufour, I. Dohoo, T. Devries and D. Scholl
• Somatic cell count patterns in a large sample of UK dairy herds - A. Madouasse, J.H. Huxley, W.J. Browne, A.J. Bradley and M.J. Green
• Defining new traits from underlying distributions of somatic cell counts - J. ten Napel, Y. de Haas, G. de Jong, T.J.G.M. Lam, W. Ouweltjes and J.J. Windig
• A new method for mastitis diagnosis based on hysteresis threshold of somatic cell count - M.A. Pérez, R. Ortega, R. Muñiz and M.B. Coya
• Multi-dimensional diagnosis of intramammary infections: a three-herd evaluation - A.L. Rivas, K.L. Anderson, G. Leitner, M. Chaffer, O. Krifuks and R.R. Rodríguez
• Operational use of bacteriology for mastitis control: field test of good practices - F. Sérieys, O. Bidaud and L. Jouet-Elie
• Performance evaluation of systems for automated monitoring of udder health: would the real gold standard please stand up? - G.A. Mein and M.D. Rasmussen
• Decision tree induction for detection of clinical mastitis using data from six Dutch dairy herds milking with an automatic milking system - C. Kamphuis, H. Mollenhorst, A. Feelders and H. Hogeveen
• Performance evaluation of systems for automated monitoring of udder health: analytical issues and guidelines - R. Sherlock, H. Hogeveen, G. Mein and M. Rasmussen
• An investigation of factors affecting cure when treating clinical mastitis in dairy cattle with cephalosporin containing intramammary preparations - A.J. Bradley and M.J. Green
• Alternative reference method for somatic cell count based on automated video microscopy - M.A. Pérez, M.B. Coya, R. Muñiz, C.E. Carleos, J.A. Baro and R. Ortega
• Detection of clinical mastitis with help of a thermal camera - M. Hovinen, J. Siivonen, S. Taponen, L. Hänninen, M. Pastell, A.-M. Aisla and S. Pyörälä
• Mastitis detection: visual observation compared to inline, quarter and milking somatic cell count - H. Mollenhorst, P.P.J. van de Tol and H. Hogeveen
• Inline somatic cell counting improves clinical mastitis detection in an automatic milking system - C. Kamphuis, R. Sherlock, J. Jago, G. Mein and H. Hogeveen
• A novel in-line system to manage mastitis, ketosis, reproduction and feeding in dairy herds - J.Y. Blom and L.A.H. Nielsen
• Acute phase proteins in milk; biomarkers for subclinical mastitis and milk quality? - M. Akerstedt, K. Persson Waller and A. Sternesjo
• Use of DeLaval cell counter in ovine milk - C. Gonzalo and B. Linage
• Ability of bulk milk culture for estimating Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae prevalence in dairy herds - R.G.M. Olde Riekerink, O.C. Sampimon, L.Holst Pedersen, J. Katholm and T.J.G.M. Lam
• Identification of mastitis-associated pseudomonads in bovine farm tank milk - J.L.W. Rademaker, Y. Xiao, J.D. Hoolwerf and M.H.J. Wells-Bennik
• Diversity of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bovine milk with a high somatic cell count - J.L.W. Rademaker, Y. Xiao, J.D. Hoolwerf, P.H.M. Savelkoul and M.H.J. Wells-Bennik
• PCR-based methods for identification of Staphylococcus and Streptococcus spp. causing mastitis - K. Aulrich and K. Barth
• Rapid and effective method for separation for Staphylococcus aureus from somatic cells in mastitis milk - T. Hayashi, M. Kubota, K. Iwasaki, K. Sakaguchi, R. Abe, H. Ohtsuka, Y. Kiku, T. Ozawa and H. Takahashi
• DNA based bacteriological diagnosis of milk samples with no growth in conventional culturing - S. Pyörälä, L. Salmikivi, S. Taponen, H. Simojoki and M.T. Koskinen
• Analytical specificity of the PathoProof^TM mastitis PCR assay validated using culture isolates - J. Holopainen, L. Salmikivi, H. Lehmusto, S. Niskala and M.T. Koskinen
• Dairy Guard^TM: sensor array diagnosis of mastitis infection - R. Card, N. Smit, H. Klapproth and P. Wakeley
• Genotyping and biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus isolates: evidence for lack of penicillin-resistance in Agr-type II strains - M.B. Melchior, E. van Duijkeren, D.J. Mevius, M. Nielen and J. Fink-Gremmels
• Molecular typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci and coliforms isolated on Flemish dairy farms - V. Piessens, S. de Vliegher, B. Verbist, G. Braem, M. Heyndrickx, L. Herman and E. van Coillie
• Phenotypic characterisation of Prototheca spp. isolated from bovine mastitis - S. Marques, E. Silva, C. Kraft, J. Carvalheira, V. Huss and G. Thompson
• Antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolated from acute bovine mastitis - L. Suojala, H. Simojoki, A.-L. Myllyniemi, A. Pitkälä and S. Pyörälä
• Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of streptococci isolated from bovine mastitis - C. Locatelli, L. Scaccabarozzi, A. Casula and P. Moroni
• Antimicrobial susceptibility of staphylococci isolated from bovine mastitis in thirteen Estonian dairy farms 1998-1999 - L. Haltia, A. Pitkälä, V. Myllys and T. Honkanen-Buzalski
• Lincosamide resistance in Gram-positive pathogens isolated from quarters with persistent subclincal mastitis - M.D. Apparao and P.L. Ruegg
• Advantage of cefalexin and kanamycin in combination to control bovine mastitis - E. Maneke, A. Pridmore and I. Lang
• Field study on acute mastitis with intoxication and different treatment regimes: provisional results - L. Podstatzky and P. Winter
• An investigation of three approaches to dry cow therapy to prevent intramammary infection in the dry period and clinical mastitis in early lactation - A.J. Bradley, J.E. Breen and M.J. Green
• Effect of dry therapy using an intramammary infusion containing penethamate, penicillin, and framycetin on intramammary infections and somatic cell counts in dairy sheep - C. Gonzalo, B. Linage, M.T. Juárez, E. Beneitez, A. Martínez and J.A. Asensio
• Comparative synergistic activity of a cefalexin and kanamycin combination in Mueller Hinton Broth medium and in milk - J.P. Ganiere
• Determination of withdrawal time in milk of cows treated with dry treatament syringes - C. Acuna, M. Falletti, M. Landeira, G. Casasnovas and A. Daffner
  Milking and milking machine
  
• Understanding the influence of machine milking on teat defense mechanisms - D.J. Reinemann, R. Bade, M. Zucali, C. Spanu and P.L. Ruegg
• Milking machine tuning to improve udder health and to reduce teat end hyperkeratosis in dairy cows - R. Ortega, M.A. Pérez, R. Muñiz and R. Fernández
• Automatic cluster remover’s: a method to check them - F. Neijenhuis, P.H. Hogewerf, H.W. Houwers and H.J. Schuiling
• Impact of an automatic teat dipping and cluster flushing system on iodine residuals, milking characteristics and teat coverage - P.H. Hogewerf, A.H. Ipema, C.J.A.M. de Koning, H.J. Schuiling, B.A. Slaghuis, V. Tancin, I. Ohnstad and H.W. Barkema
• Impact of automatic teat dipping and cluster flushing on the milking work routine - I. Ohnstad, H.W. Barkema, P. Hogewerf, C.A.J.M. de Koning and R.G.M. Olde Riekerink
• Evaluating the teat condition performance of a new peroxide teat spray, DeLaval Prima in an automatic milking environment - X. Goossens, S. de Vliegher, L. Bommelé, W. Ingalls and T. Hemling
• Effect of automated teat dipping on bulk milk somatic cell count and incidence of subclinical mastitis - R.G.M. Olde Riekerink, H.W. Barkema, I. Ohnstad and B. van Santen
• Milking machine investigations as part of veterinary milk quality and mastitis control programmes - K. Taylor and M.A. Bryan
• What happens with the mastitis incidence if farmers get advice out of a milking time test? - F. Neijenhuis, H. Wemmenhove and H.J. Schuiling
• Research protocol on risk factors for udder health on automatic milking farms - F. Neijenhuis, J.W.G. Heinen and H. Hogeveen
• Using cow-specific risks to support the detection of clinical mastitis on farms with an automatic milking system - W. Steeneveld, L.C. van der Gaag, H.W. Barkema and H. Hogeveen
  Management, planning and control
  
• A Bayesian analysis of a mastitis control plan to investigate the influence of veterinary beliefs on clinical decisions - M.J. Green, W.J. Browne, L.E. Green, A.J. Bradley, K.A. Leach, J.E. Breen and G.F. Medley
• Evaluation and optimisation of practical tools to improve udder health in the Netherlands - J. Jansen, R.J. Renes, A. Ritskes, H. Dirckinck and T.J.G.M. Lam
• Effective communication with ‘hard-to-reach’ farmers - C.D.M. Steuten, J. Jansen, R.J. Renes, M.N.C. Aarts and T.J.G.M. Lam
• Countdown Downunder Max and Mastitis Focus: a new pathway in planned mastitis risk management from Australia’s national mastitis and cell count program - J.F. Penry, R.S. Dyson, P. Brightling and M.S. Paine
• Demonstrating to dairy farmers the impact of mastitis on reproduction - K. Taylor and M.A. Bryan
• Bio-economic modelling of intramammary infection in Dutch dairy cattle - T. Halasa, M. Nielen, R.B.M. Huirne and H. Hogeveen
• Economic impact of clinical mastitis in a dairy herd assessed by stochastic simulation C. Hagnestam-Nielsen and S. Østergaard
• Relative importance of different cost factors regarding mastitis management by Dutch dairy farmers using adaptive conjoint analysis - K. Huijps, H. Hogeveen, T.J.G.M. Lam and R.B.M. Huirne
• A national resource platform for mastitis management, planning and control research in Canada - K. Reyher and D. Scholl
• Relationship between somatic cell count and bacteria plate counts - P.T. Kelly, K. O’ Sullivan, W.J. Meaney, D.P. Berry, S.J. More and B. O’ Brien
• Farm management factors associated with bulk milk total bacterial count on Irish dairy farms - P.T. Kelly, K. O’ Sullivan, W.J. Meaney, E. O’ Callaghan, D.P. Berry, S.J. More and B. O’ Brien
• Milk yield in the subsequent lactation after selective treatment of cows at dry-off - A.H. Torres, P.J. Rajala-Schultz and F.J. Degraves
• Economic loss due to milk yield loss caused by new subclinical mastitis cases estimated using a test-day model - T. Halasa, M. Nielen and H. Hogeveen
• Analysing clinical and subclinical mastitis data: understanding mastitis epidemiology on individual units - A.J. Bradley and M.J. Green
• Mastitis control program for severe coliform outbreak - E. Izak and J. Bonazza
  
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