Veterinaria

Short Communication

A population based active disease surveillance of mastitis in cattle

Ghulam Murtaza Arshad a, Muhammad Ali Shah b, Khawar Ali Shahzad c, Azhar Maqbool a, Athar Ali Khan a*

a University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore

c Department of Pathobiology, Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 54000, Pakistan

c University of Lahore, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan

Abstract

An active surveillance was conducted in four villages and one private farm to determine the incidence of clinical and subclinical mastitis under field conditions. Total population of breeding age adult female cattle comprised 747 heads. 18.20% was the incidence of clinical mastitis in cattle, while 20, 24.43, 23.91, 25.95 and 26.84% in Private farm, Sial Sharif, 134-S.B., Bhabra and Beerbal Sharif, respectively. In cattle incidence of clinical mastitis at the five farms was 12.5, 17.64, 16.84, 19.44 and 19.88%, respectively. The fore and hind quarters were the regions with 34.34 and 60.78% infection rate of mastitis, respectively. The cases of both quarters affected were in 4.88% cases. The maximum infection rate of mastitis was observed during and after sixth lactation. The incidence of subclinical mastitis in cattle was 29.29%, whereas 20, 33.33, 28.57, 29.41 and 30.55% at five farms, respectively. Due to mastitis, the total economic losses were estimated at Rs. 1, 94,920.00 in all the five clusters, whereas at a farmer level it was Rs.8, 405.00 per annum.

Keywords: Mastitis, Clinical mastitis, Prevalence, Economic loss, Cattle.

Received July 03, 2013; Revised August 23, 2013; Accepted August 29, 2013

*Corresponding author: Athar Ali Khan E-mail: atharalikhan@uvas.edu.pk