Bovine mastitis in postpartum: evaluation of the immune response and the application of preventive measures

• Grant number: 14/06995-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: June 01, 2014
• End date: February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Clinics and Surgery
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Alice Maria Melville Paiva Della Libera
• Grantee: Kamila Reis Santos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate changes in immune response and in the transition period and associate them the incidence of mastitis, as well as evaluating the adoption of measures for the control of mastitis given by dry cow therapy and the use of internal teat sealant in the incidence mastitis in postpartum period. Animals that receive base therapy dried over anhydrous Cefalonium, animals receive sealing caps of the base bismuth subnitrate and animals which did not receive any treatment thus, 30 cows are evenly divided into three groups, namely be used control. Samples of colostrum and milk will be collected for bacteriological examination, automatic somatic cell count, differential leukocyte count, California Mastitis Test, and milk components - protein, lactose, fat, total solids. In addition, blood samples for the evaluation of neutrophil oxidative metabolism and quantification of immunoglobulins are collected. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SANTOS, K. R.; SOUZA, F. N.; BLAGITZ, M. G.; BATISTA, C. F.; BERTAGNON, H. G.; GOMES, R. C.; MOLINARI, P. C. C.; DINIZ, S. A.; SILVA, M. X.; HADDAD, J. P. A.; et al. Mastite no período de transição: identificação de potenciais marcadores no sangue. Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, v. 70, n. 4, p. 1120-1128, JUL-AUG 2018. (12/08982-4, 14/23189-4, 14/06995-7)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SANTOS, Kamila Reis. Risk model for mastitis postpartum: hematological and biochemical aspects. 2016. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) São Paulo.