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Effects of chronic mastitis and its treatment with ketoprofen on the milk ejection curve

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2018

Alfonso Zecconi ,
Samuele Frosi ,
Micaela Cipolla  and
Claudia Gusmara
Alfonso Zecconi*
Affiliation:
Deptartment of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
Samuele Frosi
Affiliation:
Deptartment of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
Micaela Cipolla
Affiliation:
Deptartment of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
Claudia Gusmara
Affiliation:
Deptartment of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
*
*For Correspondence; e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this Research Communication we report the results of a controlled study conducted under field conditions in which we analysed milk ejection curves in cows with chronic mastitis, and assessed the influence of antinflammatory treatment with ketoprofen. Total milking time was reduced in chronic mastitis cows, irrespective of ketoprofen treatment, and the proportion of bimodal flow curves was increased. This latter effect was partially reversed by ketoprofen. To our knowledge, this is the first study showing that chronic mastitis has a significant effect on the milk ejection curve. Antinflammatory treatment with ketoprofen was shown to be efficacious in reducing these negative effects, re-establishing a pattern close to the one observed in healthy cows.

Keywords

milk ejection curvechronic mastitisinflammationNSAIDs
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 85 , Issue 1 , February 2018 , pp. 50 - 52
Copyright
Copyright © Hannah Dairy Research Foundation 2018 

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