Vol. 12, Special Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Pramod KS, M Narayana Bhat, Ramesh PT and Paramesha SC

Abstract:
The current study was undertaken to find out the presence of SCM in pooled samples collected from dairy cattle and to track the SCM cases in individual herds of selected villages in Devanahalli taluk of Bengaluru rural district. Out of 1330 pooled milk samples screened for SCM, 101 household samples were positive for SCM by CMT with overall prevalence of 7.59 percent. Later the positive cases were tracked to individual household and all the animals were screened for SCM by CMT. Out of 413 animals screened for SCM, 127 (30.75%) animals were found positive. All the 127 samples were subjected to Electrical conductivity and Somatic cell count for confirmation.