Year: 2018 | Month: April | Volume 11 | Issue 2
Prevalence of Clinical and Subclinical Mastitis in Buffaloes of Jammu Region
Abstract:
The current study was carried out with an aim to determine the prevalence of clinical and subclinical mastitis in dairy buffaloes in both organized and unorganized farms of Jammu and RS Pura region. Screening was done on 150 and 500 randomly selected animals from organized and unorganized farms respectively. Today it can be estimated that nearly half of the dairy buffalo population is suffering from clinical and subclinical mastitis so considering its high prevalence and its economic importance, study was made with the objectives to study the prevalence of mastitis along different regions of Jammu using Modified California Mastitis test (mCMT). Overall prevalence of SCM in buffaloes on animal basis was 23.85% in buffaloes. Subclinical mastitis (SCM) prevalence on animal basis was higher in buffaloes i.e. 26.40%, in unorganized farms and 15.33%, in organized farms than clinical mastitis (CM) 8.67%, in organized farms and 9.60%, in unorganized farms. Prevalence of SCM on quarter basis in buffaloes was higher at unorganized farms (18.95%) than organized farms. Quarter-wise prevalence of SCM in buffaloes at organized dairy farms was 16.27% and 18.95% at unorganized farms with highest prevalence in RH (28.08%) followed by LH, RF and LF in organized farm and highest in RH (29.69%) followed by LH, RF and LF in unorganized farm respectively. However on the basis of severity, large number of quarters (7.80%) had 1+ mCMT score followed by 2+ and 3+ in both organized and unorganized farms
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