1. COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF DRY-COW TREATMENT REGIMEN AGAINST BOVINE MASTITIS.
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Liang, J. P., Guo, Z. T., WangŸ, S. Y., Pu, X. Y., He, R. Z., Zhou, Y. Y., Zhang, D. L., Shang, R. F., Wang, X. H., Guo, W. Z., Liu, Y., Hua, L. Y., Li, Z. Z., Tao, L., and Hao, B. C.
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BOVINE mastitis ,CATTLE diseases ,STREPTOCOCCUS ,ESCHERICHIA coli ,ANTIBIOTICS ,MILKING - Abstract
The study aims to investigate the efficacy of piroline and other antibiotics in the treatment of bovine mastitis caused by Streptococcus uberis and Escherichia coli during dry-milk period. A total of 1880 cows in dry-milk period were divided into 4 groups and treated with penicillin G, ammonia benzyl penicillin, ceftiofur and piroline, respectively. The efficac for mastitis caused by E. coli were 31.2% for penicillin G, 36.9% for ammonia benzyl penicillin, 61.3% for ceftiofur, and 64.4% for piroline. For mastitis caused by S. uberis, the efficacies are 90% for ceftiofur and 94.4% for piroline. The results indicated that piroline was more effective than the other three in treating the disease. The post-treatment analysis on milk samples demonstrated absence of piroline residueÿHence, piroline could be used as therapeutic agent in treating mastitis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011