Influence of environmental mastitis pathogens on the quality of milk and the antioxidative status in dairy cows and ewes

Milk and dairy products still belong to commodities in the domestic and foreign markets requested, and have occupied a unique place in particular in the field of rational diet, whereas many of them can be called as the functional foods. Good health is a daily challenge for all those involved in the breeding of animals for milk production. Milk production of ruminants, also requires administrative decisions and measures designed to minimise the risk of intramammary infection - mastitis. The project is focused to update the diagnostic methods for detection of environmental mastitis with an assessment of the oxidative stress during the different stages of lactation by means of determination of oxidation and antioxidant markers from blood and milk of ruminants. Evaluating the relationship between the occurrence of mastitis caused by various bacterial pathogens and the formation of oxidative stress to gain knowledge for the preparation of the draft of the measures to improve the health status of production animals, increase productivity and the quality of milk.