Benefits and costs of a control program for an epizootic of Staphylococcus aureus mastitis.
In response to an epizootic of Staphylococcus aureus mastitis, the owner of a 2,000-cow dairy instituted a treatment, prevention, and control program (hereafter, "intervention program") consisting of teat dipping, bacteriologic culturing of milk from all fresh cows and from cows with clinical signs of infection, and culling cows found to be infected. The program was highly beneficial, yielding $2.40 in direct benefits for every $1 invested.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000191:economics / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*