Emily L O'Reilly, Lorenzo Viora, Francisco Malcata, P Theo Pepler, Ruth Zadoks, Nicola Brady, Han Quang Hanh, Mark McLaughlin, Anita Horvatic, Andrea Gelemanovic, Josipa Kules, Vladimir Mrljak, P David Eckersall
Antimicrobial usage (AMU) could be reduced by differentiating the causative bacteria in cases of clinical mastitis (CM) as either Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria or identifying whether the case is culture-negative (no growth, NG) mastitis. Immunoassays for biomarker analysis and a Tandem Mass Tag (TMT) proteomic investigation were employed to identify differences between samples of milk from cows with CM caused by different bacteria. A total of 94 milk samples were collected from cows diagnosed with CM across seven farms in Scotland, categorized by severity as mild (score 1), moderate (score 2), or severe (score 3)...
March 29, 2024: Research in Veterinary Science