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Use of nanoparticulated antimicrobians to treat subclinical mastitis of ewes during the dry period

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PESQUISA VETERINARIA BRASILEIRA
Volume 36, Issue 9, Pages 826-830

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REVISTA PESQUISA VETERINARIA BRASILEIRA
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X2016000900006

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Nanoparticulated antimicrobians; nanocapsules; subclinical mastitis; sheep; dry period; drying-off; cloxacillin

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Inflammation of the mammary gland is one of the main causes of losses in sheep-rearing. This study aimed to investigate the cure rates from treating subclinical mastitis after intramammary infusion of active antimicrobial agents as conventional formulations or as nano particles, at the time when the ewes are being dried off. A total of 584 mammary glands in 307 ewes in meat-producing herds located in Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, were analyzed. Prescreening of subclinical mastitis cases was done using the California mastitis test (CMT) and/or the somatic cell count (SCC). Microbiological analyses were performed to confirm the infectious etiology. The mammary glands with subclinical mastitis were distributed into three groups: G1 (control; mammary glands that did not receive any antimicrobial treatment); G2 (mammary glands to which 100mg of benzathine cloxacillin in conventional form were administered); and G3 (mammary glands to which 50mg of benzathine cloxacillin in nanoparticulate form were administered). The treatment applied to 63 was more efficient (P=0.047) in curing mammary glands with subclinical mastitis. Use of cloxacillin nanoparticles at the time when the ewes are being dried off helps to control infectious sub clinical mastitis and reduces consequential losses among meat-producing herds.

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