Cytokine Response and Oxidative Stress Status in Dairy Cows with Acute Clinical Mastitis

Abstract

Vitamins and minerals have long been recognized as antioxidants in the animal udder health and production. However, they also have specific roles in mastitis of dairy cows, such as vitamin A, -carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, zinc and copper. In the antioxidant system, zinc is a component of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase. Zinc also induces synthesis of metallothionein, a metal binding protein