Mastitis diagnosis in ten Galician dairy herds (NW Spain) with automatic milking systems

  1. Castro, Angel 1
  2. Pereira, Jose M. 1
  3. Amiama, Carlos 1
  4. Bueno, Javier 1
  1. 1 University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Universitario, Dept. Agroforestry Engineering. 27002 Lugo, Galicia
Zeitschrift:
Spanish journal of agricultural research

ISSN: 1695-971X,  2171-9292

Datum der Publikation: 2015

Ausgabe: 13

Nummer: 4

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.5424/SJAR/2015134-7482 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Andere Publikationen in: Spanish journal of agricultural research

Zusammenfassung

Over the last few years, the adoption of automatic milking systems (AMS) has experienced significant increase. However, hardly any studies have been conducted to investigate the distribution of mastitis pathogens in dairy herds with AMS. Because quick mastitis detection in AMS is very important, the primary objective of this study was to determine operational reliability and sensibility of mastitis detection systems from AMS. Additionally, the frequency of pathogen-specific was determined. For this purpose, 228 cows from ten farms in Galicia (NW Spain) using this system were investigated. The California Mastitis Test (CMT) was considered the gold-standard test for mastitis diagnosis and milk samples were analysed from CMT-positive cows for the bacterial examination. Mean farm prevalence of clinical mastitis was 9% and of 912 milk quarters examined, 23% were positive to the AMS mastitis detection system and 35% were positive to the CMT. The majority of CMT-positive samples had a score of 1 or 2 on a 1 (lowest mastitis severity) to 4 (highest mastitis severity) scale. The average sensitivity and specificity of the AMS mastitis detection system were 58.2% and 94.0% respectively being similar to other previous studies, what could suggest limitations for getting higher values of reliability and sensibility in the current AMSs. The most frequently isolated pathogens were Streptococcus dysgalactiae (8.8%), followed by Streptococcus uberis (8.3%) and Staphylococcus aureus (3.3%). The relatively high prevalence of these pathogens indicates suboptimal cleaning and disinfection of teat dipping cups, brushes and milk liners in dairy farms with AMS in the present study.

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