Recognition of the fact that bacterial biofilm may play a role in the pathogenesis of disease
has led to an increased focus on identifying diseases that may be biofilm-related. Biofilm …

Mastitis (intramammary inflammation) caused by infectious pathogens is still considered a
devastating condition of dairy animals affecting animal welfare as well as economically …

Simple Summary Farmers should focus on milk quality over quantity. However, in some
situations, more attention is focused on the amount of milk produced. In the long term, this …

Environmental mastitis is the most common and costly form of mastitis in modern dairy herds
where contagious transmission of intramammary pathogens is controlled through …

Reduction in long-term milk yields represents a notable share of the economic losses
caused by bovine mastitis. Efficient, economic, and safe measures to prevent these losses …

Acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT, EC 2.3. 1.20) catalyzes the last reaction in
the acyl-CoA-dependent biosynthesis of triacylglycerol (TAG). DGAT activity resides mainly …

Since the 1980s, efforts have been made to develop sensors that measure a parameter from
an individual cow. The development started with individual cow recognition and was …

Mastitis imposes considerable and recurring economic losses on the dairy industry
worldwide. The main objective of this study was to estimate the herd-level costs incurred by …

ABSTRACT A farm-level stochastic model was used to estimate costs of 7 common clinical
diseases in the United States: mastitis, lameness, metritis, retained placenta, left-displaced …

Clinical mastitis results in considerable economic losses for dairy producers and is most
commonly diagnosed in early lactation. The objective of this research was to estimate the …