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Bacteria
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Where do the bacteria live?
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Spread by…
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How can you prevent it?
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Something else to know?
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Streptococcus agalactiae
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Infected udder, mucous membrance, skin and human.
Can survival short times out of the cow. |
Infected very easily. Machines and towels. Sucking calves infected also. |
One towel per cow, hygiene milking, milking order and dips. |
Make plans with veterinary how you take care of udder healthness. |
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Streptococcus dysgalactiae |
Infected udder, injured end of the teat. Lives also surround the cows in dirt. |
The hands machines and towels. |
One towel per cow, hygiene milking, milking order and prevent teat injuries. |
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Streptococcus uberis |
Litters, droppings, cow’s skin and mucous membrance and infected udder. |
Dirt and droppings. |
One towel per cow, hygiene milking and clean surround. |
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Staphylococcus aureus |
Infected udder and ill cow’s milk. Vectors skin. Wounds and injured end of the teat. |
Milking machines, hands and towels. |
One towel per cow, milking order, taking care of cows and milkers wounds and put infected quarter dry. |
Most of the time bacteria are resistant to antibiotics. Make plans with veterinary how you take care of udder healthness. Slot a cow that has chronical infection. |
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Koagulaas negative staphylococcus |
Cow’s normal skin bacteria’s. Infected udder and ill cow’s milk. Wounds and injured end of the teat. |
Milking machines, hands and towels. |
One towel per cow, milking order, taking care of cows and milkers wounds and put infected quarter dry. |
Similar than S. Aureus. Develop easily resistant to antibiotics. Plan for udder healthness. Slot a cow that has chronical infection. Take close look soon calving heifers. |
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E. coli |
Droppings and dirty surround and water. Dirty stalls. Bad quality silage. |
Droppings, stable surround, trough teat. |
Keeping surround, cow and udder dry and clean. Drying udder after cleaning. Keep cow standing right after milking. Feeding hygiene. |
Usually cause strong symptoms. Antibiotics don’t usually help. Needs other kind of medicines. Don’t usually cause chronical infections. |
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Klebsiella |
Ground and moist saw dust. |
Ground and litter. |
Keeping surround, cow and udder dry and clean. Clean litters. |
Results with antibiotics are poor. Slot a cow that has chronical infection. |
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Pseudomonas |
Ground and moist saw dust. Dirty water. Dips. |
Dirty surround to udder. |
Find out source of infection and remove that. Clean surround. |
Results with antibiotics are poor. Slot a cow that has chronical infection. |
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A. pyogenes |
Injured skin, mucous membrance. Ill cow’s milk. Necrotic tissue. |
Teat stepping. Milking. Fly’s in pasture. |
Clean surround. Try to prevent teat stepping: udder bra, pedicure and stall. Take care of fly control. Look out animals in pasture. |
Exist on heifers and dry cows that are out site in autumn. In stable usually exist with dry cows and dry quarters. |
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Moulds and yeasts |
Surrounds, bad quality feed and litters. |
Dirty surround to udder. |
Don’t bring any spoiled litters in stable. |
Take second sample that you can be sure about diagnose. Can come also from surround. Treatment: Density milking and use crème. Antibiotics can make it worse. |
