Clinical Context Peer-reviewed veterinary literature continues to shape everyday decision-making for production animal practice, especially when new evidence clarifies diagnosis, treatment selection, monitoring, or clinical outcomes.

What the Study Evaluated A study published in Research in veterinary science in 2026 evaluated bacterial diversity, antimicrobial resistance profiles, and farm-level risk factors in bovine mastitis: A retrospective cohort study in dairy herds..

Key Findings Bovine mastitis is the costliest infectious disease in dairy farming worldwide and a major driver of antimicrobial use. The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in mastitis pathogens has elevated this condition to a One Health perspective. A retrospective analytical observational study was conducted from 540 quarter-milk samples collected from 419 cows across 123 farms collected bet…