SOTA: Evidence Based Treatment of Clinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows

The etiologies and presentation of clinical mastitis have shifted dramatically as dairy herds have modernized and adopted intensive management practices.  On many farms, most cases of clinical mastitis present with non-severe clinical signs and are caused by a variety of pathogens, of which only some will require antimicrobial therapy to achieve bacteriological clearance.   Determining which cases benefit from antimicrobial therapy depends on characteristics of both the host and the agent.  This session will include a review of etiologies, presentation and evidence  based treatment protocols for severe and non-severe cases of clinical mastitis.