Administering intramammary antimicrobials to all mammary quarters of dairy cows at drying-
off [ie, blanket dry cow therapy (BDCT)] has been a mainstay of mastitis prevention and …

The objectives for this study were to (1) describe the pathogen profile in quarters from cows
with clinical mastitis and in cows with subclinical mastitis in southeastern Australia; and (2) …

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry
(MS) has become a valuable laboratory tool for rapid diagnostics, research, and exploration …

Previous studies have shown that organically raised dairy cows have an increased
prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus compared with conventionally raised dairy cows …

Antibiotic stewardship on dairy farms can be heightened through the implementation of
selective dry-cow therapy (SDCT). However, some producers are concerned that this …

Blanket dry cow therapy (DCT) is a major contributor to overall antibiotic usage on dairy
farms in the United States. With low prevalence of intramammary infections at dry-off in US …

Bovine mastitis is the most commonly diagnosed disease of dairy cows worldwide and
causes extensive economic losses to milk producers. Intramammary infection status before …

The objective of this observational study was to compare 4 cow-level algorithms to predict
cow-level intramammary infection (IMI) status (culture and MALDI-TOF) in late-lactation US …

The objectives if this exploratory study were to identify variables associated with
intramammary infections (IMI) during the 1st week of lactation in primiparous organic dairy …

We trained machine learning models to identify intramammary infections (IMI) in late
lactation cows at dry-off to guide antibiotic treatment, and compared their performance to a …