Abstract

Bovine Mastitis: Behavioral Changes, Treatment and Control

Authors: Xiaoxia Du, S. A. Sherein, P. Liu, M.A. Haque and A. Khan

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.71081/cvj/2022.002

Abstract
In dairy animals, mastitis is the most common and expensive problem. It is ranked as a number one pathological condition of dairy animals. It effects the corporate and commercial dairy industry. It contributes a major economic loss in farm income both at small level that is commercial farm as well as at large scale industries like corporates dairy farms. The review article indicates the major cases of mastitis both in the form of clinical mastitis and subclinical mastitis, behavioral changes observed in animal, different treatment plans and medicines used at farm to control the mastitis and an estimation of economic losses due to mastitis. This article also revealed that sub-clinical mastitis was more important and the major changes that occurred in mastitis milk as compared to the mastitis free milk. Bacteria involved in causing mastitis, the predisposing factors involved and pathogenesis of mastitis are also discussed in current study. The behavioral changes in cows caused by mastitis are the most important signs for identification of condition. Estimation of economic losses due to mastitis, treatment plan good for mastitis and different methods to prevent the occurrence of mastitis are also discussed in the article.

Keywords: Mastitis Sub-Clinical and Clinical Mastitis Behavioral Changes Bacteria Treatment plan