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Incidence of Subclinical Mastitis and Prevalence of Major Mastitis Pathogens in Organized Farms and Unorganized Sectors

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Title Incidence of Subclinical Mastitis and Prevalence of Major Mastitis Pathogens in Organized Farms and Unorganized Sectors
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Creator Hegde R
Isloor S
Nithin Prabhu K
Shome BR
Rathnamma D
Suryanarayana VVS
Yatiraj S
Renuka Prasad C
Krishnaveni N
Sundareshan S
Akhila D S
Gomes AR
Hegde NR
 
Subject Subclinical mastitis
Somatic cell count
Electrical conductivity
Major bacterial pathogens causing mastitis
 
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Subclinical mastitis (SCM) represents a major proportion of the burden of mastitis. Determining somatic cell count (SCC) and electrical conductivity (EC) of milk are useful approaches to detect SCM. In order to correlate grades of SCM with the load of five major mastitis pathogens, 246 milk samples from a handful of organized and unorganized sectors were screened. SCC (>5 × 105/mL) and EC (>6.5 mS/cm) identified 110 (45 %) and 153 (62 %) samples, respectively, to be from SCM cases. Randomly selected SCM-negative samples as well as 186 samples positive by either SCC or EC were then evaluated for isolation of five major mastitis-associated bacteria. Of the 323 isolates obtained, 95 each were S. aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), 48 were E. coli and 85 were streptococci. There was no association between the distribution of organisms and (a) the different groups of SCC, or (b) organised farms and unorganised sectors. By contrast, there was a significant difference in the distribution of CoNS, and not other species, between organized farms and unorganized sectors. In summary, bacteria were isolated irrespective of the density of somatic cells or the type of farm setting, and the frequency of isolation of CoNS was higher with organized farms. These results suggest the requirement for fine tuning SCC and EC limits and the higher probability for CoNS to be associated with SCM in organized diary sectors, and have implications for the identification, management and control of mastitis in India.
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Date 2018-10-29T11:27:09Z
2018-10-29T11:27:09Z
2013-09-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier Not Available
0973-7715
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/8586
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Springer