Bovine Mastitis: Could A Vaccine Be On The Way?
Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 15:21
in Health & Medicine
It is the most common infectious disease in farmed animals. Around one million cases occur each year in the UK. It is painful, occasionally life threatening, and costs the dairy industry £200m every year in lost production and treatments. Within the UK alone it has been estimated that around 12m doses of antibiotic are used annually to control and treat mastitis in cattle.