Diagnosis and Management of Sub-clinical Mastitis in Cows Reddy N. Krishna1, Swamy A. Ranga2, Gangaiah M.3, Shivaram C.4, Rao D. Bala Krishna* Sreepathi Veterinary Sevices, 2/393-1, Nagarajupet, Kadapa-516001 (Andhra Pradesh) 1General Manager, (P&I) Bangalore Co-op. Milk Union (BAMUL) 2Manager,(P&I) Bangalore Co-op. Milk Union (BAMUL) 3Dy. Manager, (P&I) Bangalore Co-op. Milk Union (BAMUL) 4Dy. Manager, (P&I) Bangalore Co-op. Milk Union (BAMUL) *Corresponding author. E-mail: bdabbir@gmail.com
Online published on 4 May, 2019. Abstract A survey was conducted in phased manner to evaluate prevalence of sub-clinical mastitis, covering 236635 pooled milk samples, extending all the dairy societies 1910, in the milk shed areas with the help of California mastitis reagent test (CMT). To begin with the pooled herd milk samples were tested and then milk of all the cows of reacted herds were rescreened. The positive cows were supplemented in the first and second round of the first phase, with 10 grams of plain Tri sodium citrate for ten days. All reacted cows of first and second rounds of remaining four phases, were supplemented with 20 grams coated Tri sodium citrate for ten days. It was observed that coated Tri sodium citrate proved more effective. The incidence of sub clinical mastitis gradually came down from 16 to 8 percent, due to regular supplementation of coated Tri sodium citrate to all the reacted cows from first phase to fifth phase in a systematic manner. Top Keywords CMT, sub-clinical mastitis, tri sodium citrate. Top |