TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Paduch, Jan-Hendrik
A1  - Lücking, Johanna
A1  - Mansion-de Vries, Elisabeth
A1  - Zinke, Claudia
A1  - Wente, Nicole
A1  - Krömker, Volker
T1  - Prevention of Intramammary Infections by Prepartum External Application of a Teat Dip Containing Lactic Acid Bacteria with Antimicrobial Properties in Dairy Heifers
JF  - Pathogens
N2  - The aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of the prepartum external treatment of teats with a combination of four lactic acid bacteria strains viz. Lactobacillus (Lb.) rhamnosus ATCC 7469, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis ATCC 11454, Lb. paracasei 78/37 (DSM 26911), and Lb. plantarum 118/37 (DSM 26912) on the postcalving udder health of dairy heifers. The study used a split-udder design. Two weeks before the expected calving date, one of two contralateral teats of a teat pair was dipped with an aqueous suspension of lactic acid bacteria (final bacterial counts 8.40–8.47 log10-transformed CFU/mL) once in a week until calving; the other teat of the pair was not treated. After calving, quarter foremilk samples were taken and investigated cyto-microbiologically. In total, 629 teat pairs of 319 heifers were included. There was an association between the treatment and intramammary infections caused by the major udder-pathogenic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, and enterococci, as well as clinical mastitis in the first 100 days after calving. The present study indicates that intramammary infections with major pathogens and clinical mastitis may be prevented by regular prepartum external application of lactic acid bacteria in dairy heifers.
KW  - lactic acid bacteria
KW  - Milchsäurebakterien
KW  - Färse
KW  - Euterentzündung
KW  - Prävention
KW  - dairy heifers
KW  - intramammary infections
KW  - prevention
Y1  - 2020
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-16373
SN  - 2076-0817
SS  - 2076-0817
U6  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1637
DO  - https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1637
N1  - Gefördert mit Mitteln des DFG-Fonds 2020.
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
PB  - MDPI
ER  -