Longitudinal analysis reveals transitions in pathogen profiles associated with mastitis in dairy cows
Hélène Lirot, Laurent Crespin, Patrick Gasqui, Séverine Barry, Sébastien Masseglia, Valérie Poux, Xavier Bailly, Anaïs Bompard · 2025
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Hélène Lirot and co-authors follow the germ mix in cows' udders over months to learn how infections trade places. Mastitis, an udder infection, is among the most common dairy diseases, and many germs can cause it. Little is known about how they interact or where each comes from. Their 2025 study ran two four-month follow-ups on six farms in France's Auvergne.
Milk, feces, bedding, and milk filters from thirty-three cows were tested with a kit counting fifteen mastitis germs. Clustering samples revealed germ profiles, each with a pattern of udder cell counts and recovery. One profile centered on Corynebacterium bovis, long dismissed as minor, yet it tied to stubborn infections and swinging counts. Models of change traced how profiles succeed each other. Mastitis, the work argues, is an ecology to be managed, not one germ to be killed.
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| CREATOR | Hélène Lirot, Laurent Crespin, Patrick Gasqui, Séverine Barry, Sébastien Masseglia, Valérie Poux, Xavier Bailly, Anaïs Bompard |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 84 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |