title: Acute severe mastitis in cows of the Dutch-Friesian Breed (author's transl).
abstract: One hundred cases of severe acute mastitis are reported. Bacteriological examination of the milk was negative in 23% of the cases. E. coli was most frequently found to be the causative organism (23%), followed by St. aureus (19%), C. pyogenes (10%), Str. dysgalactiae (9%), Str. agalactiae (5%) and a number of other pathogenic agents such as atypical streptococci, Str. uberis, haemolytic streptococci, Aerobacter aerogenes, Kl. pneumoniae, a clostridium and P. multocida. In several cases, a tentative diagnosis may be based on the clinical symptoms, which is then found to be correct on bacteriological examination of the milk. The prognosis will vary with the causative organism. Treatment was life-saving in more than 90% of the cases, the milk-producing capacity of the affected quarter being completely preserved in 36% and partly preserved in 27% of the cases.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002417:Cattle; D003013:Clostridium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003355:Corynebacterium pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D010325:Pasteurella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents
vernacular_title: Mastitis acuta gravis bij de Fries-Hollandse koe