Efficacy of teat dipping and dry therapy in the control of subclinical mastitis in buffaloes.

摘要

The efficacy of post-milking teat dipping in 0.5% chlorhexidine, or in 0.5% iodine and dry therapy with Ampiclox-DC (200 mg of ampicillin trihydrate and 500 mg of cloxacillin benzathine) in the control of mastitis was studied in 4 Murrah and Nili Ravi buffalo dairy herds. The combined treatment with chlorhexidine and dry therapy reduced the incidence of subclinical mastitis in buffaloes from 36.36 to 16.67% and in mammary quarters from 13.63 to 6.25% at the end of an 11-month period. The use of iodine teat dip with selective dry therapy reduced the incidence of subclinical mastitis in one herd by 43.33% in buffaloes and 49.92% in quarters and by 42.05 and 49.46% in another herd respectively. It is concluded that the 2 dip treatments are equally effective in preventing mastitis.