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PREVALENCE OF SUB-CLINICAL MASTITIS IN ONE HUMPED CAMEL OF LESSER CHOLISTAN, PAKISTAN

Published: November 20, 2011

By: M. Fiaz Qamar, H. R. Chaudhary, Junaid Ahmad, Waqar Ahmad, Tariq Jamil, Abdul Wahab, H.M. Farhan, Adeel Sajid and Zeeshan Faisal

Summary

Mastitis is the most expensive disease of the dairy industry in terms of economic losses. Subclinical mastitis causes hidden losses in the milk production. Reports of mastitis in the camels have augmented immensely during the past decade. So, this study was performed to find prevalence, causitive pathogens and antimicrobial agent for cure of subclinical mastitis in one humped camel (Camelus dromedarius) during summer season in Lesser Cholistan, Pakistan. For this purpose, total 106 milk samples were collected and examined by surf field mastitis test (SFMT). Ninety six (90.57%) of 106 samples were recorded as positive for sub clinical mastitis, while remaining four samples were positive for clinical mastitis ( two samples, 1.89% ) and blind quarters (one quarter in each animal) (two samples, 1.89%). It was found that there was 75%, 91.43% and 94.44% sub clinical mastitis in animals of age 4 to 7 years, 7 to 10 years and more than 10 years of age respectively. The predominant bacterial colonies identified on culturing the samples include Staphylococcus and Streptococcus species. Ciprofloxacin, Florfenicol, Amoxicillin, Gentamicin and Oxytetracycline were the most effective antibacterial drugs (in descending order). Keywords: Subclinical mastitis, one humped camel, SFMT, Lesser Cholistan

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