Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Mumtaj Ali, TK Patbandha, MD Odedra, VK Singh, DD Garg, Mohammed Shaz Murtuza, Priyanka Maurya, Priyam H Agravat and Madhurya Pratim Sarma

Abstract:
Mastitis is a most chronic inflammatory disease in cattle leading to huge economic losses to farmers. This disease which mostly occurs after milking when the holes of the teat remain open for certain period of time which results in increase susceptibility of mammary gland to microbial infections, physical injuries leading to mastitis. The present experiment was designed to see the effect of post milking teat dipping on udder health in Gir cow. Clinically healthy lactating Gir cows (n=17) were used for a period of 28 days. Inorganic iodine (0.71%) and organic lactic acid (3.5%) solutions were used as a disinfectant in T₁ (n=6) and T₂ (n=6) group, respectively and T₀ (n=5) group was kept as a control with general cleaning of udder and teat. The post milking teat dipping significantly (p<0.05) reduced the incidence of subclinical mastitis in T₁ (90.00%) and T2 (83.33%) groups compared to T₀ group in which increased (160.00%) in quarters. Milk Somatic Cell Counts decreased significantly (p=0.002) in T₁ (0.74×10⁵/ml) and T₂ (0.77×10⁵/ml) groups compared to T₀ (3.23×10⁵/ml) group and milk pH reduced significantly (p=0.013) in T₁ (6.54) and T₂ (6.52) groups as compared to T₀ (6.63) group. Although post milking teat dipping did not affect the milk yield and composition but reduced the occurrence of subclinical mastitis in Gir cows.