title: Mastitis effects on reproductive performance in dairy cattle: a review.
abstract: The reproductive performance of dairy animals is influenced by several factors, and accumulating lines of evidence indicate that mastitis is one of the determinants. Most of the published information relating mastitis with reproduction has evolved based on retrospective approach rather than controlled clinical studies. The complex nature of both mastitis and reproduction could be a limiting factor for understanding their relationship in detail. In this review, we analyzed the available retrospective studies on the effects of clinical mastitis on reproductive function and explained the possible mechanisms by which mastitis affects reproduction in dairy animals.
authors.affiliation: Livestock Research Centre, Southern Regional Station (SRS), ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Adugodi, Bengaluru, 560030, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Narender
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Livestock Research Centre, Southern Regional Station (SRS), ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Adugodi, Bengaluru, 560030, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manimaran
authors.affiliation: Theriogenology Lab, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, 132001, India.|Livestock Research Centre, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, 132001, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumaresan
authors.affiliation: Livestock Research Centre, Southern Regional Station (SRS), ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Adugodi, Bengaluru, 560030, Karnataka, India. jeyakumarsakthivel@gmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jeyakumar
authors.affiliation: Livestock Research Centre, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, 132001, India.|ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Baronda, Raipur, 493225, Chhattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sreela
authors.affiliation: Livestock Research Centre, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, 132001, India.|ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Baronda, Raipur, 493225, Chhattisgarh, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mooventhan
authors.affiliation: Livestock Research Centre, Southern Regional Station (SRS), ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Adugodi, Bengaluru, 560030, Karnataka, India.|Dairy Economics and Statistics Section, Southern Regional Station, ICAR-NDRI, Adugodi, Bangalore, 560030, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sivaram
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D030762:Estrous Cycle; D005260:Female; D007774:Lactation; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012098:Reproduction; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Conception rate; Dairy animals; Days open; Days to first service; Mastitis; Reproductive performance