Research breakthrough suggests mastitis could be treated by sound waves in the future

Researchers said there was a 67.1% cure rate and a 64.6% recovery rate in cows with clinical signs of mastitis or with SCC over 400,000 cells/ml in the most recent test.

Cow utter before milking process, Franche Comte, France.

Acoustic pulse technology should be further investigated as a viable and sustainable alternative to antibiotic therapy for mastitis, said Israeli researchers after trialling the method in 129 cows.

Their findings were published last month in Frontiers, one of the main global research publications.