[Effectiveness of antibiotics in bovine staphylococcal and streptococcal mastitis]

The present knowledge of the efficiency of antibiotics against bovine mastitis has been reviewed. Criteria for the choice of papers are given, together with tabulated results of treatments with one antibiotic or two. Results are discussed in relation to the time of treatment and the pathogenic agent involved, and a classification of the antibiotics into three groups is proposed: recommended; not advised; not sufficiently studied.