In cows challenged with Staphylococcus aureus, oxytocin reduced bacterial numbers significantly relative to the negative control.
In plain wordsIn cows with a staph udder infection, oxytocin lowered bacteria in milk more than massage alone.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- DecreaseBacterial numbers in milk
- Study
cown = 8
intramammary Staphylococcus aureus challenge- Comparator
- Massage alone (negative control)
- Outcome group
- Infection and antimicrobial activity · Infection
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · one weekAs given in this study (cow).
Source sentences
Relative to the negative control, the liniment had no significant effect, but both oxytocin and the antibiotic reduced the numbers of bacteria significantly and did not differ significantly in efficacy.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Eight cows were challenged by a single quarter intramammary infusion of a relatively low-virulence strain of Staphylococcus aureus on four occasions five weeks apart and, after each challenge, each cow received one of four treatments, according to a duplicated Latin-square design.
The massage treatments were applied at every milking for three weeks, oxytocin was given for one week, and the antibiotic was given after three successive milkings.