SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS -DIAGNOSIS AND ISOLATION OF ORGANISMS

Abstract

Bovine subclinical mastitis in an organized dairy farm was diagnosed using different tests like California Mastitis Test (CMT), Modified White Side Test (MWST) and Modified Aluendorfer Mastiffs Probe Test (MAMP). Somatic cell counts for different grades of CMT and types of bacferial organisms causing subclinical infection and their antibiogram were found. Bacteria! isolates obtained were Staphylococcus aureus, Coagulase negafive staphylococci, Streptococcus agalactiae and Escherichia coli. Sensifivity for These bacteria was maximum for ciprofloxacin, enrofloxacin and trimethoprim

Keywords

• bovine subclinical mastitis
• mastitis diagnostic fests
• somatic cell count and antibiogram