Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Priyanka Bhandari and Anshu Rahal

Abstract:
Dairy animals throughout the world are affected by mastitis leading to drop in total milk yield and economic loss to the farmers. Annually 15-20% cows are affected by mastitis severely in India. The udder tissues or mammary glands get inflamed as a result of injury or bacterial infection. The other reasons for inflammation include mechanical injury to teats/udder resulting in redness, then swelling and pain. Moreover this injury paves passage for bacterial entry leading to inflammation which may be visible or remain invisible. Early nutritional management can help in preventing clinical mastitis.