Sentences with phrase «udder infections»

This constant milking takes a massive toll on the cows immune system, making mastitis (udder infections) common.

There is one good reason to question the wisdom of rBGH use, though: Research suggests that treated cows are more likely to develop serious udder infections called mastitis, which require antibiotics and may contribute to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

But some studies have linked it with a risk of mastitis (udder infection) in cows, requiring the use of antibiotics that may in turn be contributing to the evolving resistance of bacteria to the drugs.

This hormone also increases udder infection and allows pus in the milk and also leads to higher levels of another hormone called insulin - like growth factor (IGF - 1).

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Severe pain in sheep is associated with conditions such as foot rot, an extremely painful and contagious condition which causes the foot to rot away; or mastitis, an inflammation of the udder in ewes caused by injury or bacterial infection.

Many of the CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) dairy farms are creating overproduction of milk for these dairy cows, which can result in infection or mastitis of the cows» udders.

Since the cows are mercilessly milked nonstop many cows develop mastitis, an infection of their udders, adding blood and pus to the milk.

Over time, the cows become lame, crippled by the weight of their udders, and suffer from mastitis, a painful infection to which many nursing humans can relate with a shiver.