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Mastitis — The Struggle for Understanding

New York State Veterinary College, Ithaca

ABSTRACT

Conclusion: There are many people in responsible positions today who believe that mastitis can be controlled and that we know enough right now to satisfactorily handle this number one disease of dairy cattle. These same people, quite naturally, feel that research on mastitis is not needed nearly as urgently as is research on some of our other diseases of dairy cattle. It is to be hoped that these people will study the outline for the understanding of mastitis and will see that only in one of the four diseases which comprise mastitis is there sufficient knowledge on which to base a precise, sensible, general control effort. With the other diseases comprising mastitis, information is lacking. Until we make the tremendous effort needed to correct this deficiency, the control of these other forms will remain in the empirical, trial-and-error area supported at best by testimonials.