PANORAMA ATUAL DA MASTITE CAPRINA NO BRASIL: AGENTES ETIOLÓGICOS E SEUS PERFIS DE RESISTÊNCIA A ANTIBIÓTICOS
PANORAMA ATUAL DA MASTITE CAPRINA NO BRASIL: AGENTES ETIOLÓGICOS E SEUS PERFIS DE RESISTÊNCIA A ANTIBIÓTICOS
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.5252431015
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Palavras-chave: Pequenos ruminantes; Rebanho de leite; Staphylococcus aureus; Infecção; caprinocultura
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Keywords: Small ruminants; Dairy herds; Staphylococcus aureus; Infection; goat farming.
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Abstract: Goat farming develops into an important socioeconomic activity in Brazil, known as the main goat milk producer in the Americas. Because goat milk has several nutritional properties and a low lactose concentration, its consumption has increased within the country. However, farmers face some sanitary disorders among their goat herds. The main problem is mastitis, an inflammatory condition that affects the mammary glands of dairy animals. This infection can dramatically decrease the quality and production of milk, protein, and fat, and increase somatic cell counts. Additionally, it can cause infections in consumers. Regarding the pathogens, Staphylococcus is the main causative agent, but Streptococcus, Corynebacterium, and Mycoplasma are also associated with goat mastitis. Therefore, the treatment of this disease is based on antibiotic administration, but several microorganisms correlated with mastitis have demonstrated resistance profiles to several antibiotics like amoxicillin, ampicillin, and penicillin. For that reason, new alternatives should be explored for treating goat mastitis.
- Túlio Alexandre Freire da Silva
- Aline Soares de Santana Dutra
- Lívia Santos de Freitas
- Beatriz Rayana Damásio de Andrade
- Raquel Pedrosa Bezerra
- Ana Lúcia Figueiredo Porto