Mastitis in dairy production: Current knowledge and future solutions

Authors: Edited by H. Hogeveen
Worldwide, mastitis is still one of the most important diseases in the dairy sector. Being a multifactorial disease, caused by multiple pathogens, control remains a difficult issue. Mastitis not only affects the health of milk-producing animals, having consequences for the profitability of dairy farms, it also affects the animal welfare. Moreover, mastitis negatively influences the milk quality having consequences for the dairy processing industry. In other words: mastitis affects a large part of the dairy production chain.

Due to ongoing scientific effort, insight in mastitis in the context of increasingly complex farming systems, is improving. This insight leads to better methods to control mastitis, either by prevention or by adequate measures (e.g. therapy) when a cow (or goat or sheep) gets mastitis.

This book reflects the current knowledge from all over the world on mastitis as it was presented during the 4th IDF International Mastitis Conference, held in June 2005 in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The papers of the 115 oral presentations and the 13 keynote presentations are reflecting not only the current knowledge of mastitis control but are also giving ideas for future solutions for control measures.

Availability: In Print
Publication date: 2005
Binding: Hardback
Extent: 744 pp.
ISBN: 9076998701

Book Contents

• Preface
• Organizing committee
• Scientific committee
• Keynotes
• Pathogenesis and immunology
• Economics of mastitis and mastitis management
• Therapy and immunization
• Milking technology
• Diagnosis of mastitis and indicators for milk quality
• Mastitis in small ruminants
• Animal welfare issues related to mastitis
• Control programmes
• Environmental control
• Food safety issues related to mastitis
• Mastitis control in emerging dairy countries
• Index

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