Vol. 6, Issue 7 (2017)

Author(s):
Anusha Dasohari, Ayodhya Somasani, Nagaraj P and Gopala Reddy A

Abstract:
The present study epidemiological studies of subclinical mastitis in cows “in and around Hyderabad” was undertaken to study the incidence of subclinical mastitis in cows, was carried out during a period of 7 months i.e., February to August, 2015. To find out the incidence of subclinical mastitis (SCM), a total of 534 quarter milk samples from 136 apparently healthy cows of three local dairy farms and individual holdings were subjected to California Mastitis test (CMT), White Side Test (WST) and Surf Field Mastitis Test (SFMT). According to CMT, WST and SFMT, the quarter wise incidence was 35.02%, 32.96% and 30.52%, respectively, and animal wise incidence was 66.18%, 59.56% and 55.15%, respectively