Conventional Approach for Detection and Control of Mastitis in Dairy Animals

This review enumerates the major bacteria involved for detection and control of mastitis in dairy animals. Mastitis is a potent economic disease affecting milk production in dairy cattle all over the world. The inflammatory response consists of an increase in blood proteins and white blood cells in the mammary tissue as well as in milk. Many infective agents have been implicated as cause of mastitis in bovines which include bacteria, fungi and algae. Of these, bacteria are found to be the main causal agent. The study also highlights some field applicable methods for sensible detection of intra mammary infection, since most of the sub-clinical cases of mastitis go unnoticed. There are a number of direct and indirect tests for the detection of subclinical mastitis. The major step towards avoiding mastitis would be apt detection, medication (depending on organism involved) and above all, control of incidences. The article in all focuses on the causative agent, detection and control methods of intra-mammary infections in cattle. Improvement in herd management by adopting simple practices like teat dipping, maintaining teat hygiene, hygiene of milk man, etc reduces the risk of occurrence of mastitis in the herd. Production of clean milk will also increase the competency of milk and milk products from India in the international market.