The Mastitis Case in Water Buffalo

Authors

  • Aziz Şahin Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Zootekni Bölümü, 40100 Kırşehir
  • Arda Yıldırım Gaziosmanpasa Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Zootekni Bölümü, 60250 Tokat

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v3i1.1-8.144

Keywords:

Water Buffalo, Mastitis, Microorganism, Udder health, Subclinic

Abstract

Mastitis is an important disease which causes economic losses in the water buffalo breeding. According to severity, duration and primary, mastitis is generally classified as clinical and subclinical. Because of contamination from other animals in the herd, subclinical mastitis is a important dairy herd problem. However, clinical mastitis is a clinical case created by deformation of udder gland and decreasing milk yield. Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus agalactia and Streptococcus dysgalactia are in clinical mastitis, but Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas, Streptococcus agalactia and Streptococcus dysgalactia are the most common isolated microorganisms in subclinical mastitis. Due to mastitis caused by these microorganisms in Water Buffalo, abnormality in the structure of milk are observed, and it causes economic losses to farmers from reduced production. Therefore, the detection of effective factors on mastitis and taking of the necessary precautions are very important. In this review, mastitis case in water Buffalo and its effects were discussed.

Published

27.07.2014

How to Cite

Şahin, A., & Yıldırım, A. (2014). The Mastitis Case in Water Buffalo. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 3(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v3i1.1-8.144

Issue

Section

Animal Production