Strasser, F J; Feldmann, M; Gross, J J; Müller, A T M; Pfingstner, H; Corti, S; Stephan, R; Bollwein, H; Bruckmaier, R M; Wellnitz, O (2021). Pathogen dependent effects of high amounts of oxytocin on the bloodmilk barrier integrity during mastitis in dairy cows. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 163(5), pp. 327-337. Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte 10.17236/sat00302
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The reduction of antibiotic use in food producing animals becomes increasingly important. Therefore, suitable alternatives for mastitis treatment in dairy cows have to be considered. Oxytocin (OT) induces milk ejection and hence supports milk removal from infected mammary quarters. Beyond udder emptying, the injection of very high dosages of OT causes increased somatic cell counts (SCC) in milk and enables the transfer of immunoglobulins (Ig) from blood into milk through a reduced blood-milk barrier integrity. The aim of the present study was to investigate pathogen-specific changes of SCC, the blood derived milk components lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), serum albumin (SA), and IgG in milk of cows suffering from mastitis caused by different pathogens treated with two intravenous injections of high dosages of OT (100 IU). Milk samples from 184 dairy cows from different farms were collected on day 1 (day of clinical examination and mastitis diagnosis) and on days 2, 3, 14, and 28. Bacteriological examination (day 1) identified involved pathogens. Cows were randomly assigned to treatment (OT injections on days 1 and 2) or control group (no OT). Independently of the assigned experimental group, cows received the common therapy protocol of the veterinary practice after sample collection if the general condition was affected. Milk SCC, LDH, SA, and IgG changed specifically depending on involved pathogens. Highest values of all three parameters were measured in mastitis caused by Streptococcus uberis. Changes were less pronounced with other Streptococci spp., Staphylococci spp. or Corynebacterium bovis. Oxytocin treatment did not affect any of the studied parameters independent of the involved pathogen. Only in quarters infected with Staphylococci other than Staphylococcus aureus a decreased SCC and increased IgG concentrations in quarters, where no pathogens were detected, were observed. Thus, high dosage OT administration is obviously not suitable as a stand-alone mastitis treatment in dairy cows.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Veterinary Physiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Gross, Josef Johann, Bruckmaier, Rupert |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology 500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology) |
ISSN: |
1664-2848 |
Publisher: |
Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Josef Johann Gross |
Date Deposited: |
20 May 2021 13:39 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:51 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.17236/sat00302 |
PubMed ID: |
33941509 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Blut-Milch-Schranke Kuh Mastitis Oxytocin barriera sangue-latte barrière sang-lait blood-milk barrier cow l’ocytocine mammite mastite mastitis ossitocina oxytocin vacca vache |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/156415 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/156415 |
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