National Mastitis Council Reading List

The National Mastitis Research Committee believes that new graduate students, and many postdoctoral scientists, veterinarians and others particularly interested in bovine mastitis, will benefit from a basic understanding of the philosophy of the subject. This should be the core studies and thinking found in the pre-electronic library. A group of past presidents with a long research career and considerable experience in supervising graduates has nominated a short but key list of must-read papers on bovine mastitis and milk quality; fundamental studies and developments core to the history and best understanding of the subject. Mastering of these texts should be considered the absolute prerequisite for all serious students of the subject.  The list comprises the unchallengeable texts, current best practice reviews and selected specialist subjects.

Fundamental

Dodd, F.H. & F.K. Neave (1970) Mastitis control. Biennial Reviews of the National Institute for Dairying, Shinfield, UK

Somatic Cell Counts A Primer B. Harmon U of KY

Murphy, J.M. (1956) Mastitis – The Struggle for Understanding. J Dairy Sci 39:1768-1773.

NMC Current Concepts of Bovine Mastitis (2016)

NMC Guidelines on Normal and Abnormal Raw Milk based on Somatic Cell Counts and Signs of Clinical Mastitis (2001)

NMC Laboratory Handbook on Bovine Mastitis (2017)

Schalm, O.W., D.O. Noorlander (1957) Experiments and Observations Leading to Development of the California Mastitis Test. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 130:199–204.

Smith, K.L, D.A. Todhunter, P.S. Schoenberger (1985) Environmental Mastitis: Cause, Prevalence, Prevention. Journal of Dairy Science 68, 1531–1553

Ziv, G. (1975) Pharmacokinetic Concepts for Systemic and Intramammary Antibiotic Treatment in Lactating and Dry Cows. IDF Proc. Pp. 314-340

Historical

Dodd, F.H. & H. Hall, (1992) History and Development [of machine milking]. Machine Milking and Lactation. Eds: Bramley, Dodd, Mein & Bramley

Heeschen, W.H. (2010) IDF and mastitis – a general review.  In: Mastitis research into practice Proc. 5th IDF Mastitis Conf. VetLearn. New Zealand. p22-32.

IDF Bulletin No. 215 (1987) Machine Milking and Mastitis

  1. O’Shea. Machine milking factors – a literature review.
  2. Hamann. Effect of machine milking on teat-end condition – a literature review.

Pankey, J. W. Eberhart, R. J., Cuming, A. L., Daggett, R. D., Farnsworth, R. J., & McDuff, C. K. 1984) Uptake on postmilking teat antisepsis.  J. Dairy Sci. 67:1336-53.

Smith, A., Neave, F.K., Dodd, F.H., Brander, G.C. (1966) Methods of Reducing the Incidence of Udder Infection in Dry Cows. Vet. Record. 79:233.

Stableforth, A. W., E. C. Hulse, C. D. Wilson, A. Chodhowski and P. Stuart (1949) Herd Eradication of S. agalactiae by Simultaneous Treatment of all Cows with Five Doses of 100,000 Units of Penicillin at Daily Intervals and Disinfection.  Veterinary Record 61:357-362.

Watts, J.L. (1988) Etiological Agents of Bovine Mastitis. Veterinary Microbiology 16, 41-66.