Vol. 11, Special Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
AA Shelke, Dr. MFMF Siddiqui, ST Borikar, TA Shafi, MP Sakhare, SR Rajurkar, PR Suryawanshi, S Sajid Ali and KM Tumbare

Abstract:
Bovine mastitis is a common disease of dairy cows and buffaloes characterized by physical, chemical, pathological and bacteriological changes in milk and glandular tissues (Samad, 2008). Clinical mastitis is one of the most important diseases in dairy buffaloes. For the mastitis study 129 buffaloes were screened with the help of somatic cell count and strip cup test and 24 animals were found positive for clinical mastitis in buffaloes. Incidence rate of clinical mastitis in buffaloes in and around Parbhani district was 18.60%. Quarter wise incidence of clinical mastitis in buffaloes was found as 5.23%. Age was incidence was found highest in third lactation followed by fourth, fifth, second and first lactation.