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Study on Prevalence of Bovine mastitis on Dairy Cows in and around Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu, South India


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1 Department of Microbiology, RVS College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore – 641 402, Tamilnadu, India
 

In this study, 250 lactating cows are tested using standard procedures. Prevalence of mastitis at cow level was 66.0% (165/250), out of which 26.06 % (43/165) and 75.30 % (122/165) were clinical and subclinical, respectively. The quarter level of prevalence was 66.0% (660/1000); from this the clinical and subclinical forms were 26.06% (172/660) and 73.93% (488/660), respectively. The data revealed that Staphylococcus aureus was the commonest organism in mastitis cases, being implicated in 70.30% cases, and Streptococcus agalactiae (5.45%) continues to be a prevalent pathogen followed by S.epidermis (4.24%), Proteus sp (3.63%), Bacillus sp (2.42%), Streptococcus uberis (2.42%), E.coli (1.81%) and Micrococcus sp (8.48%). In addition, Str. agalactiae and S. aureus were more frequently associated with clinical mastitis than sub-clinical case, while the infection rates of other bacteria were similar. In conclusion, this study revealed the importance of mastitis and associated bacterial pathogen in the study area.

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Antibiotics, Mastitis, Pathogens, Udder
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Authors

H. Muhamed Mubarack
Department of Microbiology, RVS College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore – 641 402, Tamilnadu, India
A. Doss
Department of Microbiology, RVS College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore – 641 402, Tamilnadu, India
M. Vijayasanthi
Department of Microbiology, RVS College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore – 641 402, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract


In this study, 250 lactating cows are tested using standard procedures. Prevalence of mastitis at cow level was 66.0% (165/250), out of which 26.06 % (43/165) and 75.30 % (122/165) were clinical and subclinical, respectively. The quarter level of prevalence was 66.0% (660/1000); from this the clinical and subclinical forms were 26.06% (172/660) and 73.93% (488/660), respectively. The data revealed that Staphylococcus aureus was the commonest organism in mastitis cases, being implicated in 70.30% cases, and Streptococcus agalactiae (5.45%) continues to be a prevalent pathogen followed by S.epidermis (4.24%), Proteus sp (3.63%), Bacillus sp (2.42%), Streptococcus uberis (2.42%), E.coli (1.81%) and Micrococcus sp (8.48%). In addition, Str. agalactiae and S. aureus were more frequently associated with clinical mastitis than sub-clinical case, while the infection rates of other bacteria were similar. In conclusion, this study revealed the importance of mastitis and associated bacterial pathogen in the study area.

Keywords


Antibiotics, Mastitis, Pathogens, Udder

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