PREVALENCE AND INFECTIOUS ETIOLOGY OF BOVINE MASTITIS IN THE MICROREGION OF CUIABÁ, MT, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Rodrigo Prado Martins Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Josiane Aparecida Gonçalina da Silva Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Luciano Nakazato Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Valéria Dutra Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Edivaldo Sampaio de Almeida Filho Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i1.5085

Keywords:

Bovine mastitis, microorganisms, Mato Grosso

Abstract

This study aims to verify the prevalence and infectious etiology of bovine mastitis in dairy farms of the microregion of Cuiabá, state of  Mato Grosso, Brazil. One hundred eight cows belonging to herds from this microregion were examined. Afterwards, 279 milk samples from mastitic mammary quarters were submitted to microbiological examinations. Among the examined animals, 85.2% were carriers of mastitis in one mammary quarter at least. The percentile of mammary quarters affected by clinical and subclinical mastitis was 5.8 and 65% respectively. Corynebacterium sp. (27.6%) and Staphylococcus aureus (21.5%) were the major causative agents among the subclinical infections. Among the clinical cases, S. aureus (44.0%) and Corynebacterium sp. (12.0%) were more frequently isolated. Although the high prevalence of S. aureus and Corynebacterium sp. as mastitis causatives confirms the results obtained in studies developed in other Brazilian regions, the low prevalence of the genus Streptococcus in the cases analyzed disagrees to those records.

KEY WORDS: Cuiabá-MT, bovine mastitis, microorganisms.

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Author Biographies

Rodrigo Prado Martins, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Departamento de Ciência Básicas e Produçao Animal, Área Sanidade Animal

Josiane Aparecida Gonçalina da Silva, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Departamento de Ciências Básicas e Produção Animal

Luciano Nakazato, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Departamento de Clínica Médica Veterinária

Valéria Dutra, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Departamento de Clínica Médica Veterinária

Edivaldo Sampaio de Almeida Filho, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Departamento de Ciências Básicas e Produção Animal

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Published

2010-04-01

How to Cite

MARTINS, R. P.; DA SILVA, J. A. G.; NAKAZATO, L.; DUTRA, V.; DE ALMEIDA FILHO, E. S. PREVALENCE AND INFECTIOUS ETIOLOGY OF BOVINE MASTITIS IN THE MICROREGION OF CUIABÁ, MT, BRAZIL. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 181–187, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i1.5085. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/5085. Acesso em: 6 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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