Mastitis in buffalo

Thanks.

This refers to Dr. Neelesh Sharma's post dated 02/18/2012 . I would like to know in how many cases of mastitis he has used homeopathy as treatment modality ? I feel his remark very casual with regard to homeopathy .

P.K.Sethi

Dear Sir Jasmer,
Could this citrate therapy help in reversal of fibrosis in teat canal?
Can u suggest therapy for advanced cases/chronic cases and also for fibrosis?
Regards
Ghazanfar Chishti

I am searash about stem cells therapy in mastitis. Does anyone know about that???

Hello Dr Eman, Many people are working on these studies that appears to be of academic importance. However, in my opinon we should aim at investigations which could be of some use in the field for controling diseases of economic importance.

Jasmer

Hello Mr Mehta, You appear to be quite a progressive dairy farmer and I would advise a bit more. Mastitis is primarily due to deficiency of Citrate synthesis in udder which result in formation of flakse in the milk that behave like lime and cause injury to the secretory epithelium. Injury leads to inflammation and subsequent damaging effects in the udder. Administeration of tri-Sodium citrate @ six gms dissolved in about 250 ml of drinking water as a drench for 3-5 days cures the disease. tri-Sodium citrate can be procured from shops dealing in chemicals from your neighbouring areas. You should record pH of milk of affected animals and healthy ones to monitor if there is any chance of developing mastitis and preventive doses of tri-Sodium citrate can be given. Any further enquiry which you may need please don't hesitate to contact me and share the results of your implementation of this process at your farm. By the way how many dairy animals-cows and buffaloes are you maintaining at your farm/
With regards Jasmer

Yes you are right . We use traditionally the lemon for therapy of mastitis.

Hi Dr Shahnawaz, I would request you to use tri-Sodium citrate orally as well as I/V after recording the pH of milk on the spot with graded pH papers which may be procured from shops dealing with labortory chemicals in your area. I/V use of this salt hastens the recovery within usually 1-2 days. Morover, this treatment is most successfull against mastitis cases resistant to in vouge antibacterial drugs used to control mastitis. We have used this treatment not only in cow or buffalo but in other animals like goat/sheep successfully. The basic fact is that the process of milk secretion is remarkably similar in almost all the mammals (including humans) though the biochemical composition may vary slightly in different species.Therefore, any aberration in the synthesis of citrate in milk producing units-alveoli and lobulles would result in mastitis and other complications. Estimation of citrate in milk shall prove a boon to control mastitis prevalence on any established dairy farm of some standing with large number of quality animals. You or any of your colleagues can share results with me of this treatment with me for further discussions.
with regards Jasmer

Hello Dr Habib, Did not hear from you for quite long. I am to request you for one favour, I need some data on the pH values of mare/jennies milk at different stages of lactation and any incidence of mastitis and its treatment. You can try this treatment with TSC at the same dose as in cow/buffalo. Furthermore, you can also record pH of pregnant mare teat secretions to identify the time of foaling. Also tell me about other cases of mastitis you have treated with TSC. Pl see the cases which are refrectory to TSC orally you should try I/V 5% TSC for better results.
Cieo Jasmer

Hello Dr. UD and Um,

As it is known for general information, Citrate is used as an anticoagulent in blood for transfusion @ three gms/Unit of blood and one unit of blood is equivalent to 450ml. When we use Trisodium citrate to treat mastitis it is used as 5% sterile sol. and as 50ml as one dose at a time and just imagine how much volume of blood is there in an adult cow or a buffalo and the dilution of citrate thereof. I think you got the answer.

Jasmer Singh Ph D