Abstract
She-camel mastitis
is relatively not well studied in
camel-rearing areas worldwide.
In Iraq, few reports have been
done on the camelids in general
and on mastitis in particular in
compare to other livestock such
as cattle, sheep and goat. This
study intends to determine the
clinical and subclinical mastitis
and its etiological agents in shecamels
in Samawah desert / Al
Muthanna governorate. Thirty
milk samples were collected from apparently clinical normal shecamels
from 3 camelids herds during December 2016 to March 2017.
The milk samples were aseptically collected from each quarter after
stimulation milking process in she-camel. Each milk sample was
subjected to physical and bacteriological examination and mastitis
screening tests including (somatic cell count) SCC and California
mastitis test (CMT). The pH of fresh camel milk was varied from 6.1
to 6.5. All milk samples revealed a bright white color with upper thick
creamy layer. No any signs of clinical mastitis were observed in all
examined she-camels. Meanwhile, keratosis of the teats and udder
due to severe tick infestation was observed in 83.33% percentage (25
out of 30). The subclinical mastitis was determined in 30%
percentage (9 out of 30) lactating she-camels using SCC, CMT and
revealed various bacterial growth. These bacteria were the
Enterobacterium spp., Staphylococcus spp. and Streptococcus spp
moreover, the percentage of isolates was 55.55% (5 out of 9), 33.33%
(3 out of 9) and 11.11% (1 out of 9) respectively. In conclusion, this
study confirmed the correlation between SCC and CMT in diagnosis
of subclinical mastitis in 30% of the examined she-camel. Moreover,
it approved the absence of clinical mastitis due to the nature of the
milk production. The authors recommend to perform another future
studies that including large number of the animals, in addition to
study the natural physiological phenomena of milk production in shecamels.
Citation
ID:
147417
Ref Key:
sahab2018mirrorepidemiological