Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano SystemsMANTRA
In 2017 with an amount of 733t nearly half of the annually antibiotics prescribed in Germany were dedicated to veterinary applications. Resulting from the increasing numbers of antimicrobial resistances and the more and more uncovered ecological and medical impact of drug contamination of the environment the overall reduction of antibiotics is a declared societal goal. Diary production represents nearly half of the overall value of animal products in Germany. Mastitis, i.e. an infection of the udder of the cow, is one of the most common diseases for diary cows. Left untreated the mastitis may lead to an amputation of the udder quarter or even the death of the animal.
Goal of the MANTRA project is the development of a combined Mastitis and antimicrobial resistance test for the point of need. The test shall significantly reduce the time until a targeted treatment of the infection. Additionally, by the possibility for an early pathogen specific treatment, the overall use of broadband antibiotics will be reduced. Thus the project not only contributes to an increase in animal health and the economical outcome for dairy farms but also to the reduction of new antimicrobial resistances in dairy farming. The Fraunhofer ENAS develops together with Biflow Systems GmbH the necessary microfluidic sample preparation for the analysis of raw milk samples.
Running time: 03/2017 - 08/2020