Acosta Moreno, AlejandroMira Hernández, JulianaPosada Arias, Silvia2017-10-122017-10-122017DOI: 10.22507/jals.v6n1a4http://hdl.handle.net/10567/1840Bovine 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.esCorporación Universitaria LasallistaMastitis BovinaMastitis Bovina - TratamientoGanado - EnfermedadesGanado - VacunoGanado de lecheArticle