5 Alternate Therapy, Prevention and Control of Mastitis

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Dear friends,

In the last lesson, we have seen about the Treatment of Mastitis and

In this present lesson, we will see about the Alternate Therapies available for treating Mastitis. the Prevention and Control of Mastitis.

Nowadays the increased demand for organic products, let it be meat or milk and any vegetables, and the concern the antibiotic residues and the antibiotic resistance, have attracted even the modern farmers towards the usage of a natural way of Treatment.

So in this lesson, we will see about the available Ayurvedic and Herbal medicines, which are used commonly for the Treatment of Mastitis. And Homeopathy drugs, are commonly used in the treatment of Mastitis, the prevention, and the control of Mastitis. Though N number of Herbal medicines and Ayurvedic preparations are available throughout the world, as far as India is concerned, we are using the combination of Aloe vera, Lime, and Turmeric powder, which is applied over the udder, which very much reduces the inflammation even in clinical Mastitis.

This video shows how the preparation is made and how it is to be applied.

Other herbs used are Coconut, Babassu, and Palm oils, which are known to control bacterial contamination by minimizing the bacterial colonization of water.

Also, garlic and butter and black cumin, and wheat flour can be administered orally against E-coli and Staphylococcus aureus Mastitis.

It is also confirmed that Honey inhibits and eliminates the biofilm produced by Pseudomonas, Streptococcus, and E-coli.

Apart from this Goat weed, Jam fruit, Turmeric, Pudina, Tulasi, and Kadukkai were also very much helpful in Treating Mastitis.

Coming to Homeopathy Therapy, many drugs are commonly used in the treatment of Mastitis, but there are combinations like Belladonna, Bryonia, and Urticaria which are used in all kinds of Mastitis.

And for Intra memory usage, the combination of Belladonna, Calendula, Dulcamara, and Echinacea are used.

And for Internal usage combination of Phytolocca, Silicea, Belladonna, Calc. Fluor, Arnica, and Conium were used and a combination of Phytolacca, Calendula, Apis, and Belladonna can be used as external use to apply over the udder, which can be used in cases of fissures, wounds, ulcers, congestions, hematomas, and to reduce inflammations.

Prevention is mainly by Managemental practices, Maintaining good nutritional status, Genetical selection, and Vaccinations. Good udder health management includes Washing the udder and keeping the udder clean without any dirt, keeping good bedding material, and swiping or dipping the teats before and after milking.

So out of this dipping Iodine based tip in 10% glycerin is considered the golden standard for teat dip.

Coming to Vaccines: though vaccines are available against Mastitis, their efficacy is questionable. And normally the vaccine is focused on E-coli Mastitis and Staphylococcus Mastitis and the reduced efficacy can be due to other factors like Host factors, Environmental factors,s or the Pathogen factor.

And recently Intranasal vaccines have also been introduced against Staphylococcus aureus, but it’s only a pilot study, and its clinical efficacy needs to be assessed.

These are all some of the examples of vaccines, here it is against Coliform Mastitis, normally it does not prevent new Intra memory infections but it will significantly reduce the clinical severity of the infection. The dose rate is 5ml subcutaneously to be administered 3 times. and

This table indicates various trials which are run for this E-coli vaccine and this is an example of the vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus, here five different phases of Staphylococcus aureus are used and dosage is again 5ml but intramuscular to be repeated in 14 days and the first dose is at 6 months but the effect is not as good and these are all the variable field trials which are done with the vaccine.

The next one is Genetic selection, so genetic selection is mainly based on the sire index so that is by selecting the proper sire. If milk production, fat level, protein level, fore-udder attachment udder depth, and udder support are included in the selection index, the udder health can be improved by genetic selection.

Here the list of main genotypes which are linked to Mastitis is listed, and their Gene/locus and properties are listed over here. Considering the nutritional status, trace minerals like Selenium, Copper, Zinc, and Vitamins like Vitamin A/beta-carotene and Vitamin E, are more concerned with the health of the udder. Even the injectables with Zinc, Magnesium, and Copper have very much reduced the incidence of chronic Mastitis on the other hand cattle with negative energy balance are very much prone to Ketosis, and such animals are at double risk of developing Mastitis.

Dietary zeolites with their antibacterial immunostimulating and detoxifying properties can reduce the incidence of Mastitis and even fight against the pathogens.

Altered nutrition or malnutrition or even altered gut microbiota, can detrimentally affect the udder health by gut-brain access signaling.

Control is mainly by eliminating the existing infections and preventing the occurrence of new infections.

Eliminating the existing infection can be done by Dry cow therapy, Lactating cow therapy, and culling the animals which are not responding to treatment.

Preventing new infections can be done again by Dry cow therapy, proper teat dipping, proper milking method, attaching proper milking machine, environmental and nutritional management, and quarantining newly purchased animals, again endpoint Mastitis control program has been recommended by the UK, which is not actually existing in India according to NDDB, that is establishing other health goals, maintaining clean, dry, and comfortable environment, proper milking procedures, proper maintenance, and use of milking equipment, good record keeping, management of clinical Mastitis during lactation, effective dry cow management including blanket dry cow therapy, maintenance of good biosecurity for contagious pathogens, regular monitoring of another health status, and periodic review of the Mastitis control program.

Mastitis is a million-dollar disease, causing economic loss to the farmers, not only by reduced milk yield but also by reduced reproduction. Maintaining the good health of animals can be done by improved nutrition, environmental sanitation, use of teat sealants, and selection of disease-resistant genetic traits.

And apart from this more rapid pathogen detection, sensitivity, usage of proper antibiotics, and sufficient course of treatment would eliminate the infection and also reduce the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance and improve the effectiveness of treatment.

Dear vets hope this lecture was useful to you in understanding the Pathogenesis and the Advancement in the treatments by means of antibiotics, non-antibiotics, and alternate medicines.

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