New tech to help develop rapid diagnosis of mastitis
New tech to help develop rapid diagnosis of mastitis 22 January 2021 | Bovine mastitis is an inflammatory condition of the udder, caused by the cow’s immune response to infection A project to tackle bovine mastitis and reduce the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in dairy cattle is being launched by UK researchers. Their approach will use mass spectrometry – an analytical method using sophisticated lab equipment – to develop a rapid diagnosis of mastitis, directly from a suspected milk sample. This will initially use laboratory-based equipment but could potentially be translated to an ...