Bacterial Isolation and Drug Sensitivity Pattern of Bovine Mastitis in Kashmir

Abstract

A retrospective analysis of the bovine milk samples screened for causative agents of mastitis at the Institute of Animal Health and Biological Products, Zakura from the year 1997 to 2003 was undertaken. Four hundred and thirty five bovine milk samples received over a period of six years from various places of the Kashmir valley were subjected to bacterial isolation and antibiotic sensitivity. Staphylococci were present in 72% to 76.3%, Streptococci in 12.5% to 14% and mixed infection in 9.7% to 11.2% of the samples tested. The periodic prevalence of Staphylococcal and Streptococcal mastitis and shift in the antibiograms of isolates over the period of these six years was recorded.