Asian Journal of Research in Biochemistry

Mastitis is inflammation of the udder and is the most common economic important disease in dairy cattle. The present study was conducted at Pillipakuttai village of Namagiripettai block in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu. The lactating cows in early lactation were screened by using TANUCHEK SCC kit for intramammary infection by somatic cell count. A total of 40 cows with no intramammary infection were selected for this study and divided into three groups. Group I was kept as control with 10 animals which did not receive post-milking teat dipping. Group II and III were the treatment groups having 15 cows each. In group II post milking teat dipping was done with one percent potassium permanganate and in Group III with a Bioteat dip solution. The overall SCC count was significantly (P<0.01) decreased in potassium permanganate group (184x10³ cells/ml) and bioteat dip group (171x10³ cells/ml) compared control (211x10³ cells/ml). The overall pH was higher in control group (6.5) followed by potassium permanganate group (6.4) and bioteat dip group (6.4) after treatment. The overall milk yield was significantly (P<0.01) higher in potassium permanganate group (8.66 lit/day) and bioteat dip group (8.68 lit/day) compared control (8.39 lit/day) after treatment.  The herbal teat treatments performed better than the chemical teat dipping and no teat dip.