Researchers have tried to link pathogens spread by barn flies with the incidence of bovine mastitis on dairy farms, paving the way for potential disease prevention strategies.
Altogether, <study> results identify biting flies as underrecognized carriers of bacterial taxa associated with environmental bovine mastitis and other opportunistic infection in vertebrates and offer important insights into mechanisms of microbial acquisition by these and other medically important insects.”
Source: Dairy Reporter, July 22, 2024. Link.
INSIGHTS: More reason to focus on fly control measures.
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