title: Time to clearance of mycoplasma mastitis: the effect of management factors including milking time hygiene and preferential culling.
abstract: Factors associated with time to clearance of mycoplasma mastitis were studied in 18 dairy cattle herds. Most herds cleared mycoplasma mastitis within 1 month; < 50% of the herds culled diseased cows preferentially, yet culling was not associated with hastened clearance. Other known mastitis biosecurity and management practices were not associated with clearance time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
authors.forename: Veerasak
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Punyapornwithaya
authors.forename: Lawrence K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Dale D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Hancock
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.forename: J Richard
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Alldredge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002417:Cattle; D003612:Dairying / Q000379:methods*; D037901:Euthanasia, Animal; D005260:Female; D006920:Hygiene; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
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