Abstract

Post milking teat dip is probably the most important and effective management strategy for mastitis control and to reduce the new intramammary infection rate in dairy cows. The present investigation was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of herbal teat dip Mastidip Liquid (supplied by m/s Ayurvet Ltd., Baddi, India) in subclinical mastitic cows on the basis of restoration of altered milk pH and SCC. 20 cows screened positive for subclinical mastitis out of 77 were selected for the study and divided into two equal groups of 10 animals each. Herbal teat dip Mastidip Liquid was applied post milking in 1:1 dilution (one part concentrated solution + one part clean water) twice daily immediately after milking for a period of 30 days in one group (II) and for 45 days in other group (III). One additional group of 10 normal healthy cows free from subclinical mastitis was taken as normal control group (I). The milk samples were collected for SCC and pH before initiation of teat dipping and on 7, 14, 21, 30 and 45 th day post application of teat dip. The milk yield (kg/day) of all the cows was recorded for a period of 60 days of experiment. After application of herbal teat dip post milking the pH and SCC of milk was significantly ( P < 0.01) improved in both the treated groups and was normalized on 30 th day post application. The milk-yield in both the groups (II and III) increased to the extent of 22.19% and 19.25% by day 60, post dipping respectively after initiation of dipping. Post milking teat dipping with Mastidip Liquid is found to be efficacious in reducing the incidence of subclinical mastitis and occurrence of new intramammary infection in dairy cows.

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