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T1 PREVALENCE OF SUB CLINICAL MASTITIS IN DAIRY BUFFALOES OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
A1 M. A. Ali
A1 M. D. Ahmad
A1 K. Muhammad
A1 A. A. Anjum
JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences
JO JAPS
SN 1018-7081
VO 21
IS 3
SP 477
OP 480
YR 2011
FD 2011/06/01
DO DOI NA
AB <p>Six hundred lactating dairy buffaloes from four districts (Lahore, Sialkot, Narowal and Okara) of Punjab, Pakistan were screened for subclinical mastitis using White Side Test and subsequent bacterial isolation. Overall prevalence of subclinical mastitis was 44% (264/600). It was the highest (58%) in animals kept as individual holding at backyards followed by small holdings in periurban area (42%) and the lowest at organized farms with reasonable good managemental conditions (32%). Two hundred thirty four bacterial isolates of nine genera i.e.&nbsp;<em>Staphylococci, Escherichia, Streptococci, Pseudomonas, Salmonellae, Bacillus, Klebsiella, Enterococci</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Corynebacterium&nbsp;</em>species were identified<em>.</em>&nbsp;The highest prevalence was of&nbsp;<em>Staphylococci</em>&nbsp;(28.32%) followed by&nbsp;<em>Escherichia coli</em>&nbsp;(16.18%),&nbsp;<em>Pseudomonas</em>&nbsp;(13.29%),&nbsp;<em>Bacillus</em>&nbsp;(12.42%),&nbsp;<em>Streptococci</em>&nbsp;(7.51%),&nbsp;<em>Salmonellae&nbsp;</em>(7.22%),&nbsp;<em>Corynebacterium</em>&nbsp;(6.64%),&nbsp;<em>Klebsiella (</em>5.20%) and&nbsp;<em>Enterococci</em>&nbsp;(3.17%).</p>
K1 Buffaloes, Subclinical Mastitis, White Side Test, Prevalence, Pakistan.
PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum
LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2011-JAPS-335