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J Dairy Sci ; 96(12): 8081-92, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24210481

ABSTRACT

The objective of the study was to evaluate premilking teat disinfectant efficacy with the use of a novel diagnostic protocol against a positive control. The evaluation of efficacy was based on establishing noninferiority of a new premilking teat disinfectant compared with an existing premilking teat disinfectant. Approximately 200 cows were randomly allocated to 1 of 2 groups. Study personnel were blinded as to cow allocation and identification of the premilking disinfectants. Quarters were disinfected using a dip cup before milking with either the control or experimental product. The disinfectant was left on the teat for approximately 30s before being wiped off in preparation for milking. Quarter-level bacteriological infection status was established at the beginning of the study and quarter milk samples were collected biweekly thereafter. Bacteriological analyses were performed only when somatic cell counts in milk samples crossed a parity-specific threshold. Poisson regression models were used to analyze data. The difference in the rate of new intramammary infections was small and the upper bound of the 95% confidence interval of the rate difference was smaller than a predefined noninferiority limit. Based on the observed difference in new intramammary infections rate between the experimental and control product, it was concluded that the experimental disinfectant was not inferior compared with the positive control. The protocol used in this study proposes a valid and economically attractive methodology to evaluate the efficacy of teat disinfectants relative to a positive control.


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Disinfectants/administration & dosage , Iodine/administration & dosage , Mastitis, Bovine/drug therapy , Mastitis, Bovine/prevention & control , Animals , Cattle , Female , Mammary Glands, Animal , Mastitis, Bovine/microbiology
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J Clin Microbiol ; 43(9): 4737-43, 2005 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16145135

ABSTRACT

A total of 258 bovine-associated Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the United States, Chile, and the United Kingdom, plus the reference isolate S. aureus Newbould 305 (NCIMB 702892), were analyzed by multilocus sequence typing (MLST). A collection of previously characterized United Kingdom isolates were also included in the analysis. The results demonstrated that MLST is suitable for the differentiation of bovine S. aureus isolates from various sites (milk, teat skin, milking machine unit liners, hands, and bedding) and countries. The theory of the host specificity of S. aureus is supported by the detection of a previously undescribed clonal complex that comprised 87.4% of the isolates studied, with representatives from all geographic locations investigated. This suggests that a single clonal group has achieved a widespread distribution and is responsible for the majority of infections. Some sequence types (STs; ST25, ST115, ST124, and ST126) demonstrated site specificity, as they were significantly (P < 0.05) associated with milk or teat skin.


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Bacterial Proteins/genetics , Bacterial Typing Techniques , Dairying , Mastitis, Bovine/microbiology , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Staphylococcus aureus/classification , Animals , Cattle , Chile , Female , Humans , Mammary Glands, Animal/microbiology , Milk/microbiology , Molecular Sequence Data , Phylogeny , Recombination, Genetic , Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology , Staphylococcal Infections/veterinary , Staphylococcus aureus/genetics , Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , United Kingdom , United States
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