Efficacy of natural formulations in bovine mastitis pathology: alternative solution to antibiotic treatment
Published Online: Oct 20, 2020
Page range: 523 - 529
Received: Mar 19, 2020
Accepted: Oct 05, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2020-0067
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Introduction
Bovine mastitis is an inflammatory disease of the udder that causes important economic losses in the animal breeding and dairy product industries. Nowadays, the conventional livestock antibiotic treatments are slowly being replaced by alternative treatments. In this context, the main aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of natural products in alternative treatment of bovine mastitis.
Material and Methods
Two natural formulations with previously suggested
Results
R7 was effective in the most cases, being therapeutically bactericidal in six out of eight cows, while R4 gave good results in three out of eight cows, and conventional antibiotics cured one out of four.
Conclusion
These results suggest the possible therapeutic potential of these natural products in bovine mastitis.