This review enumerates the major bacteria involved for
detection and control of mastitis in dairy animals. Mastitis is a potent
economic disease affecting milk production in dairy cattle all over the world.
The inflammatory response consists of an increase in blood proteins and white
blood cells in the mammary tissue as well as in milk. Many infective agents
have been implicated as cause of mastitis in bovines which include bacteria,
fungi and algae. Of these, bacteria are found to be the main causal agent. The
study also highlights some field applicable methods for sensible detection of
intra mammary infection, since most of the sub-clinical cases of mastitis go
unnoticed. There are a number of direct and indirect tests for the detection of
subclinical mastitis. The major step towards avoiding mastitis would be apt
detection, medication (depending on organism involved) and above all, control
of incidences. The article in all focuses on the causative agent, detection and
control methods of intra-mammary infections in cattle. Improvement in herd
management by adopting simple practices like teat dipping, maintaining teat
hygiene, hygiene of milk man, etc reduces the risk of occurrence of mastitis in
the herd. Production of clean milk will also increase the competency of milk
and milk products from India in the international market.
Author(s) Details:
P. V. Jadhav,
Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, India.
D. N. Das,
SRS of
National Dairy Research Institute, Bangalore, India.
Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/ARBS-V8/article/view/13474
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