On-farm culture and pathogen identification: risks and benefits

When using OFC it is important that mastitis caused by Gram-positive pathogens is not missed, as these infections are likely to benefit from treatment. Table 1 shows reported sensitivity, specificity...

Treating clinical mastitis in dairy herds: a role for on farm culture?

Making decisions ‘cow-side’ to select those clinical mastitis cases that are unlikely to benefit from treatment with antibiotic has become an area of considerable interest in the research literature...