The present disclosure relates generally to sol-gel polymer composites that comprise chitosan, a hydrophilic polymer, a gelation agent, and optional additional ingredients in a suitable medium. Advantageously, the sol-gel polymer composite can form a durable seal or strong solid in response to one or more physiological stimulus. The disclosure further relates to medical and veterinary uses of the composite, particularly, methods and delivery systems for reducing or preventing the incidence of a mammary disorder in a dairy animal. More particularly, the disclosure includes methods and sol-gel polymer composite compositions for creating a physical barrier on the teat surface or in the teat canal or cistern of a non-human animal for prophylactic treatment of mammary disorders such as mastitis wherein the sol-gel polymer creates a seal in response to one or more physiological stimulus.

Compositions and formulations comprising a non-neutralised tocol phosphate and a vitamin A compound, which are suitable for the treatment of inflammation and/or infection in breast or udder tissue, more particularly in a mammary gland, reducing the somatic cell count in a lactating subject and supplementing vitamin E levels in a subject.

Disclosed are prophylactic and therapeutic methods, as well as dosing regimens and medicaments for use in preventing chronic disease, for treating acute or long-term inflammatory-mediated conditions in affected or at-risk subjects, and for stabilizing one or more components of the mammalian extracellular matrix. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and topical formulations thereof that include multiple, phytochemically-active, nutraceutical compounds, and that possess potent anti-inflammatory and extracellular matrix-stabilizing properties both in vitro and in vivo.

Compositions and formulations comprising a non-neutralized tocol phosphate and a vitamin A compound, which are suitable for the treatment of inflammation and/or infection in breast or udder tissue, more particularly in a mammary gland, reducing the somatic cell count in a lactating subject and supplementing vitamin E levels in a subject.

A teat dip fluid manifold and methods for distributing teat dip fluids, and including redundant valve sets and pressure monitoring between valve pairs to determine valve condition.

The invention relates to compositions and methods for activating innate immunity. Specifically, the invention relates to cathelicidin peptides for activating or inducing innate immunity.

A bacteriophage preparation in the form of gel to prevent or treat bacterial infections in dairy cattle, including but not limited to infections caused by E. coli and/or S. aureus, intended for intramammary administration during lactation or dry period, in particular, to treat or prevent mastitis in dairy cattle, its manufacturing method and bacteriophage strains especially useful for such preparation manufacturing, characterised in detail in the enclosed patent claims, was revealed.

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods of use thereof for the prevention of mastitis in dairy cattle. The compositions and methods can have immunostimulant effectiveness against mastitis-causing bacteria. In particular embodiments, the methods include preventing mastitis infection by intramammary infusion of a disclosed composition at dry-off.

This invention relates to methods of treatment and prevention of mastitis in animals by orthosomycin antimicrobial compounds.