Yeast organisms flourish with penicillin treatments. Can become established in the mammary gland and takes a long time to eliminate. Not often isolated in clinical mastitis. In Europe, may be transmitted by flies. Similar to Staph.
Symptoms vary from clots and smell to flakes.
This often means that there was no infection present at the time of sampling. If a cow continues to exhibit clinical mastitis symptoms or shows high SCC, she should be resampled. The Milk Quality Initiative is coordinated by Kim Linonis with Penny Bell, under the direction of Dave Lee. Please contact any of them for additional information. This site is optimized for 800 x 600 resolution.