mastitis in bovine?

Answer 1

Is very contagious and will wipe out your cows if not erradicated. My grandfather, although this was in the 1910s, lost his farm when his cows were wiped out by mastitis. You need to bring in veterinary assistance...seriously.

Answer 2

This, just so everyone knows what Mastitis is:
Mastitis is the inflammation of the mammalian breast.

and Bovine would mean:
The biological subfamily Bovinae (or bovines) includes a diverse group of about 24 species of medium-sized to large ungulates, including domestic cattle, Bison, the Water Buffalo, the Yak, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes.

So, now what was the question?

Answer 3

Are Mastitis Immune Cows In Your Future?
What if dairy producers could breed mastitis immunity into their dairy cows? Many currently try to breed at least a certain degree of resistance to mastitis through selecting sires that transmit characteristics onto their daughters that help make them less susceptible to getting mastitis. Producers want udders that are tight up against the body, teats that are just the right length, sphincter muscles on the teats that stay lightly closed between milkings, et cetera. And even though producers try to breed for those characteristics, the environment dairy cows and heifers are subjected to, as well as the inadequate management practices that are on many farms, allows new cases of mastitis to continue to occur. Still, I encourage producers to continue employing those selection criteria in the sires they use in their herds. There certainly is the potential to make a difference through this selection process.

Rather than focusing on the physical characteristic traits that we desire in our cows that may help them be somewhat resistant to mastitis, I'm referring to changing the cows immune system through genetic manipulation so she will be not only resistant to, but also immune to mastitis causing organisms and the toxins they produce. Realizing this objective is the goal of researchers at the USDA-ARS Immunology and Disease Resistance Laboratory.

Coliform bacteria are everywhere in the environment on dairy farms, and cause at least half of the mastitis in the United States. Over three-fourths of the cows that get a coliform infection will get sick, have a large drop in milk production, may require treatment, may never return to the milking string, and are a significant expense to producers. Many die from the shock produced by the bacteria toxin or endotoxin. Because of the prominence of coliform mastitis in the U.S. dairy herd, Dr Max Pappe and his colleagues at the USDA-ARS lab have been focusing their mastitis research on ways to control these gram negative organisms.

The researchers have found a gene that codes for a protective protein that is naturally suspended in cows milk and blood plasma. The protein binds to bacteria endotoxin and neutralizes it. The protein also sensitizes the lining of a cows mammary glands to very low levels of endotoxin - the amount produced by just a few bacteria. After being sensitized, the mammary cells can quickly start an attack against any infiltrating bacteria and destroy them before they get established in the udder and make the cow sick.
........... Continued on this link ......... http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/an_sci/extension/dairy/newsletters/0802nlet_mastitis%20immune%20cows.PDF

Answer 4

It is an inflamation around the mastoid muscle, it can be treated with anti-biotics, so get a Vet ASAP.

Answer 5

It happens, so what?