An in vivo assessment of a non-antibiotic therapy for specific subclinical mastitis in dairy cows
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Dairy sector is growing exponentially and the biggest challenge to it is subclinical form of mastitis, which causes huge economic losses. The present study aims at controlling subclinical mastitis in dairy cows in a holistic way. The study was carried out in 24 HF × Sahiwal crossbred cows at an organized dairy farm. The selected animals were divided randomly into two groups of 12 cows each. The cows in Group 1 served as control. The cows in Group 2 were treated with commercial non-antibiotic preparation (Magic-3) i.e. 100 ml P.O., b.i.d. × 7 days. The culture examination of milk was done in quarter foremilk samples on d 0, 15 and 30 while Electrical Conductivity (EC), California Mastitis Test (CMT), Somatic Cell Count (SCC), NAGase enzyme activity and phagocytic activity were studied in cow composite milk samples on d 0, and d 7, 15, 30, 60 and 90 post initiation of the treatment. There was 70.73% and 80.49% elimination on d 15 and d 30, respectively post-treatment with commercial herbal preparation. The values of EC, CMT, SCC, NAGase enzyme activity and phagocytic activity declined significantly (p
Authors: Patel Rajkumar K, DK Gupta
Language: English
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3087757331