Bovine mastitis is one of the costliest diseases
for milk producers globally. It presents various
etiologies of which infection by bacterial agents
stands out. Antimicrobial treatments bring about
economic losses due to milk disposal periodsand
medication costs. They also generate antibiotic
resistance problems which constitute a public
health issue worldwide. To face this situation
studies have been conducted on alternative
treatments for bovine mastitis. This bibliographic
review deals with mastitis from etiology to
epidemiology to diagnostics methods employed
for the disease, as well as some pharmacological
products that have been used over the years for
its treatment. Finally, some useful alternative
principles for mastitis are reviewed, which have
been found when studying the antimicrobial
characteristics in them. These characteristics
should be considered as options for future
therapeutic plans.
