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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 84 No. 9 1976-1978
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Technical Note: Therapeutic Cessation of Lactation of Staphylococcus aureus-Infected Mammary Quarters

J. R. Middleton 1 and L. K. Fox 2

1 Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211
2 Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-7060

The objective of the present study was to compare the ability of chlorhexidine and povidone-iodine to cause cessation of lactation in Staphylococcus aureus-infected mammary quarters, assess milk production in the treated quarter in the subsequent lactation, and evaluate whether microbiological cure was obtained. Fourteen mid- to late-lactation Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle from the Washington State University dairy herd with single mammary quarter S. aureus intramammary infections were studied. Cows were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups, povidone-iodine or chlorhexidine. Cows in the povidone-iodine group were infused with 120 ml of 5% povidone-iodine solution (0.5% iodine) after complete milk-out. Chlorhexidine-treated cows were infused with a proprietary chlorhexidine suspension after two milkings 24 h apart. Treated mammary quarters were not milked for the rest of the lactation. Milk production from each mammary quarter (kg of milk/quarter) was measured using in-line volume flow meters for 5 consecutive days before treatment and again at the start of the subsequent lactation. Povidone-iodine caused permanent cessation of lactation in the treated quarter, whereas 71% of the chlorhexidine-treated mammary quarters returned to function in the subsequent lactation. Hence, if the primary objective is to eliminate the mammary quarter from lactation, and thereby presumably lower the risk of herdmates acquiring new S. aureus intramammary infection, then povidone-iodine appears to be the best of the two methods. No difference in total milk production between lactation one and two in either group was found, suggesting that permanent loss of a quarter was not detrimental to overall milk production.

Key Words: Staphylococcus aureus • mastitis • therapy

Submitted on December 7, 2000
Accepted on May 22, 2001






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