Management practices associated with the bulk-milk prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in Canadian dairy farms

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-28

  Olde Riekerink, Richard G M ^a   Barkema, Herman W ^b   Scholl, Daniel T ^c   Poole, Doris E ^a   Kelton, Dave F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contagious mastitis; Dairy; Management; Prevalence; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; BUILDING; CANADA; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CANADA; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

MYCOPLASMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 77957169805     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Barkema H.W., Van der Ploeg J.D., Schukken Y.H., Lam T.J.G.M., Benedictus G., Brand A. Management style and its association with bulk milk somatic cell count and incidence rate of clinical mastitis. J. Dairy Sci. 1999, 82:1655-1663.
2. Barkema H.W., Schukken Y.H., Zadoks R.N. The role of cow, pathogen, and treatment regimen in the therapeutic success of bovine Staphylococcus aureus mastitis. J. Dairy Sci. 2006, 89:1877-1895.
3. Barkema H.W., Green M.J., Bradley A.J., Zadoks R.N. Invited review: the role of contagious disease in udder health. J. Dairy Sci. 2009, 92:4717-4729.
4. Biddle M.K., Fox L.K., Hancock D.D., Gaskins C.T., Evans M.A. Effects of storage time and thawing methods on the recovery of Mycoplasma species in milk samples from cows with intramammary infections. J. Dairy Sci. 2004, 87:933-936.
5. Boerlin P., Kuhnert P., Hussy D., Schaellibaum M. Methods for identification of Staphylococcus aureus in cases of bovine mastitis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2003, 41:767-771.
6. Capurro A., Aspán A., Ericsson Unnerstad H., Persson Waller K., Artursson K. Identification of potential sources of Staphylococcus aureus in herds with mastitis problems. J. Dairy Sci. 2010, 93:180-191.
7. Fox L.K., Gay J.M. Contagious mastitis. Vet. Clin. North Am. Food Anim. Pract. 1993, 9:475-487.
8. Fox L.K., Hancock D.D., Mickelson A., Britten A. Bulk tank milk analysis: factors associated with appearance of Mycoplasma sp. in milk. J. Vet. Med. B: Infect. Dis. Vet. Public Health 2003, 50:235-240.
9. Fox L.K., Kirk J.H., Britten A. Mycoplasma mastitis: a review of transmission and control. J. Vet. Med. B: Infect. Dis. Vet. Public Health 2005, 52:153-160.
10. Freundt E.A. Methods in Mycoplasmology 1983, Academic Press, New York, NY, USA.
11. Godkin M.A., Leslie K.E. The relationships between bulk tank milk culture, management factors used in mastitis control and the herd prevalence of mastitis. Proceedings of the Int. Symp. on Bovine Mastitis 1990.
12. Godkin M.A., Leslie K.E. Culture of bulk tank milk as a mastitis screening test: a brief review. Can. Vet. J. 1993, 34:601-605.
13. Goodridge L., Hill A.R., Lencki R.W. A review of international standards and the scientific literature on farm milk bulk-tank sampling protocols. J. Dairy Sci. 2004, 87:3099-3104.
14. Green M.J., Bradley A.J., Medley G.F., Browne W.J. Cow, farm and management factors during the dry period that determine the rate of clinical mastitis after calving. J. Dairy Sci. 2007, 90:3764-3776.
15. Guillemette J.M., Bouchard E., Bigras-Poulin M., Nadeau M. Étude sur la prevalence de Streptococcus agalactiae et Staphylococcus aureus dans les troupeaux de Québec par la culture séquentientielle du reservoir. Proc. Am. Assoc. Bovine Pract. 1992.
16. Halasa T., Huijps K., Østerås O., Hogeveen H. Economic effects of bovine mastitis and mastitis management: a review. Vet. Q. 2007, 29:18-31.
17. Hogan J.S., González R.N., Harmon R.J., Nickerson S.C., Oliver S.P., Pankey J.W., Smith K.L. Laboratory Handbook on Bovine Mastitis 1999, National Mastitis Council, Verona, WI, USA. Rev. ed.
18. Howard P. Mastitis pathogens present in bulk tank milk from seven dairy herds in the Waikato region, New Zealand. N. Z. Vet. J. 2006, 54:41-43.
19. Huijps K., Hogeveen H. Stochastic modeling to determine the economic effects of blanket, selective, and no dry-cow therapy. J. Dairy Sci. 2007, 90:1225-1234.
20. Jayarao B.M., Pillai S.R., Sawant A.A., Wolfgang D.R., Hegde N.V. Guidelines for monitoring bulk tank milk somatic cell and bacterial counts. J. Dairy Sci. 2004, 87:3561-3573.
21. Jayarao B.M., Wolfgang D.R. Bulk tank milk analysis. A useful tool for improving milk quality and herd udder health. Vet. Clin. North Am. Food Anim. Pract. 2003, 19:75-92.
22. Keefe G.P., Dohoo I.R., Spangler E. Herd prevalence and incidence of Streptococcus agalactiae in the dairy industry of Prince Edward Island. J. Dairy Sci. 1997, 80:464-470.
23. Kelton D., Alves D., Smart N., Godkin A., Darden P. Bulk tank culture for major contagious mastitis pathogens-lessons from the Sentinel herds. Proc. 38th Ann. Mtg. Natl. Mastitis Counc. 1999.
24. Khaitsa M.L., Wittum T.E., Smith K.L., Henderson J.L., Hoblet K.H. Herd characteristics and management practices associated with bulk-tank somatic cell counts in herds in official dairy herd improvement association programs in Ohio. Am. J. Vet. Res. 2000, 61:1092-1098.
25. Kirk J.H., Glenn K., Ruiz L., Smith E. Epidemiologic analysis of Mycoplasma spp isolated from bulk tank milk samples obtained from dairy herds that were members of a milk cooperative. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 1997, 211:1036-1038.
26. Lauritsen J.M., Bruus M. EpiData Entry (version 3. 1). Data Management and Basic Statistical Analysis System 2006, The EpiData Association, Odense, Denmark.
27. Neave F.K., Dodd F.H., Kingwill R.G., Westgarth D.R. Control of mastitis in the dairy herd by hygiene and management. J. Dairy Sci. 1969, 52:696-707.
28. Olde Riekerink R.G., Barkema H.W., Veenstra S., Poole D.E., Dingwell R.T., Keefe G.P. Prevalence of contagious mastitis pathogens in bulk tank milk in Prince Edward Island. Can. Vet. J. 2006, 47:567-572.
29. Olde Riekerink R.G.M., Sampimon O.C., Holst Pedersen L., Katholm J., Lam T.J.G.M. Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae culture results from bulk milk and quarter samples. Proc. NMC 48th Annu. Mtg., Charlotte, NC 2009, NMC Inc., Verona, WI.
30. Østerås O., Sølverod L., Reksen O. Milk culture results in a large Norwegian survey-effects of season, parity, days in milk, resistance and clustering. J. Dairy Sci. 2006, 89:1010-1023.
31. Oz H.H., Farnsworth R.J., Cox H.U. Growth of gram-positive mastogenic bacteria in normal, simulated bulk tank, and mastitic milk held at simulated fluctuating temperatures of farm bulk tank. J. Dairy Sci. 1986, 69:2060-2065.
32. Piepers S., De Meulemeester L., de Kruif A., Opsomer G., Barkema H.W., de Vliegher S. Prevalence and distribution of mastitis pathogens in subclinically infected dairy cows in Flanders, Belgium. J. Dairy Res. 2007, 74:478-483.
33. Pitkälä A., Haveri M., Pyörälä S., Myllys V., Honkanen-Buzalski T. Bovine mastitis in Finland 2001-prevalence, distribution of bacteria, and antimicrobial resistance. J. Dairy Sci. 2004, 87:2433-2441.
34. Reneau J.K. Effective use of dairy herd improvement somatic cell count in mastitis control. J. Dairy Sci. 1986, 69:1708-1720.
35. Ruhnke H.L., Thawley D., Nelson F.C. Bovine mastitis in Ontario due to Mycoplasma agalactiae subsp. bovis. Can. J. Comp. Med. 1976, 40:142-148.
36. Sampimon O., Barkema H.W., Berends I., Sol J., Lam T.J.G.M. Prevalence of intramammary infection in Dutch dairy herds. J. Dairy Res. 2009, 76:1-8.
37. Sargeant J.M., Lissemore K.D., Martin S.W., Leslie K.E., McBride B.W. Associations between winter herd management factors and milk protein yield in Ontario dairy herds. J. Dairy Sci. 1997, 80:2790-2802.
38. Sawant A.A., Pillai S.R., Jayarao B.M. Evaluation of five selective media for isolation of catalase-negative gram-positive cocci from bulk tank milk. J. Dairy Sci. 2002, 85:1127-1132.
39. Schoonderwoerd M., Rawluk S.A., Ollis G., Schipper C. Prevalence of Streptococcus agalactiae in Alberta dairy herds 1993, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, (Report 91-0845).
40. Servello V., Hill A.R., Lencki R.W. Towards an optimum mixing protocol for on-farm bulk milk sampling. J. Dairy Sci. 2004, 87:2846-2853.
41. Spicer H.M., Goonewardene L.A., McNeil A.O., Slack W.L. Alberta dairy farm survey response. J. Dairy Sci. 1994, 77:3460-3472.
42. Tenhagen B.A., Koster G., Wallmann J., Heuwieser W. Prevalence of mastitis pathogens and their resistance against antimicrobial agents in dairy cows in Brandenburg, Germany. J. Dairy Sci. 2006, 89:2542-2551.
43. Vecht U., Wisselink H.J., Defise P.R. Dutch national mastitis survey. The effect of herd and animal factors on somatic cell count. Neth. Milk Dairy J. 1989, 43:425-435.