Bovine mycoplasma mastitis from intramammary inoculation of small numbers of Mycoplasma bovis. I. Microbiology and pathology |
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| Authors: | RH Bennett DE Jasper |
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| Institution: | Department of Clinical Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Calif., U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Intrammary inoculation of 70 colony forming units (cfu) of Mycoplasma bovis into one quarter of four previously non-infected cows resulted in severe mastitis in inoculated and uninoculated quarters. Hematogenous spread of the infection was most likely, as mycoplasma was isolated from the peripheral blood of three of four cows and the milking machine was designed to prevent quarter to quarter communication of milk and air. The presence of large numbers of mycoplasma exceeding 106 cfu/ml of milk preceded the onset of overt sero-purulent mastitis by 1–3 days. In general, the severity, duration of the infection and within cow spread of mastitis to adjacent quarters after the inoculation of 70 cfu was indistinguishable from naturally occurring mycoplasma mastitis.The pathology of the chronically infected quarters consisted of alveolar involution and moderate to severe mononuclear infiltration and an increase in interalveolar and loose connective tissue. The quarters of one cow resolving the infections at the time of slaughter were not as severely affected and contained numerous milk-producing alveoli and many alveoli with hyperplasia of the alveolar cells. |
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