Bovine mastitis: An appraisal of its alternative herbal cure
Autor: | Qazi Parvaiz Hassan, Niamat Ali, Aabid Manzoor Shah, Saleem Mushtaq, Aehtesham Hussain, Aiyatullah Shah, Sajad Ahmad Lone |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
040301 veterinary sciences medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Culling Disease Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Antibiotic resistance Drug Resistance Bacterial medicine Animals Medicinal plants Mastitis Bovine Plants Medicinal Bacteria business.industry food and beverages Pathogenic bacteria 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Antimicrobial medicine.disease Anti-Bacterial Agents Biotechnology Mastitis Dairying Milk 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Cattle Female business |
Zdroj: | Microbial Pathogenesis. 114:357-361 |
ISSN: | 0882-4010 |
Popis: | Bovine mastitis is globally recognized as the most common and costly disease affecting dairy herds. The disease causes huge financial losses to dairy industries by reduced yield and milk quality, deaths and culling of affected cows and also by associated treatment costs. The disease occurs due to invasion of the mammary glands by pathogenic bacteria followed by their multiplication in the milk producing tissues. The most common treatment method available against bovine mastitis is the intra-mammary infusion of antibiotics. However, their use is associated with the problem of antimicrobial resistance. This scenario has made search for alternative treatment approaches necessary. Medicinal plants with their well-established history are an excellent natural product resource used as an alternative therapy. Antibacterial agents from plants can act as important sources of novel antibiotics, efflux pump inhibitors, compounds that target bacterial virulence or can be used in combination with existing drugs. The plants form an essential component of ethno-veterinary medicine used in the treatment of different diseases like bovine mastitis. This review article attempts to provide an overview of the different medicinal plants used in the treatment of bovine mastitis. Antimicrobial studies of these plant species and some of their isolated constituents have been reviewed in detail. It highlights the logic and precedence behind mining this important natural product resource. Our own research findings in this direction and future scope of research are also discussed briefly. |
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