Ewes mastitis

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Clinical signs

Host species

Bacterial disease

Clinical Signs

Systemic

Pyrexia (Fever)

General Systemic Signs

Inappetence (Anorexia) Toxemia

Respiratory

Dyspnea Pneumonia

Reproductive

Agalactia Udder swelling Pathognomonic Blood stained milk secretion Pathognomonic Watery milk secretion Required Gangrenous mastitis Pathognomonic Udder sloughing Specific Subclinical mastitis Udder cyanosis Pathognomonic Mammary abscess Specific Purulent mammary discharge

Musculoskeletal

Severe lameness Specific

Diagnosis

California mastitis test

Milk somatic cell count

Milk bacterial culture

Treatment

Intravenous sulfadimidine

Oral sulfadimidine

Streptomycin

Broad spectrum antibiotics

Intramammary infusion therapy

Prevention & Control

Early detection and treatment

Udder hygiene

Isolation of affected ewes

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Classification

Etiology Bacterial disease

Transmissibility Moderate

Infectiousness Moderately infectious

Occurrence Patterns

Endemic

Host Species

Sheep Primary host Susceptibility: Very high

Associated Microorganisms

No information available.