Table 3 New mastitis infection rates from two herds (A, B) and for two pre-milking teat disinfection treatments (PTD: that received pre-milking teat disinfectant and NPTD: did not receive disinfectant) and bacterial species identified from those infections
From: Effect of pre-milking teat disinfection on new mastitis infection rates of dairy cows
Herd | A | B | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
PTD | NPTD | PTD | NPTD | |
Clinical | 10 | 12 | 8 | 14 |
†Sub-clinical | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 |
Total infections | 19 | 18 | 17 | 22 |
Clinical | Subclinical | |||
Bacteria | PTD | NPTD | PTD | NPTD |
Not detected | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 6 | 15 | 16 | 10 |
Streptococcus uberis | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Streptococcus dysgalactiae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |