Vol. 6, Issue 4 (2018)
Efficacy of vitamin e and selenium in dry cows in preventing udder infection after calving
Author(s): Mrinalee Devi and Jyoti B Dutta
Abstract: Mastitis is one of the most devastating diseases of dairy cattle and most of the dairy farmers have to face this problem as a constant challenge. Despite intensive research and implementation of various mastitis control strategies over the last few decades, bovine mastitis remains insurmountable to the dairy holders. Effective management of mastitis is a major challenge to dairy farmers and modern veterinarians. Administration of vitamin, mineral and antimicrobials at the end of lactation plays potential role in preventing mastitis in dairy cows. As an alternative to antibiotic therapy use of micronutrients and antioxidants had encouraging results in prevention of bovine mastitis. Vitamin E and Se are essential nutrients having antioxidant properties share common biological activities. Deficiencies in either of these micronutrients have been related in increased incidence and severity of mastitis. A study was undertaken to asses the efficacy of vitamin E and selenium (parenteral supplementation) in dry cows in preventing udder infection after calving. Thirty cows (6 cows from organized and 24 from unorganized farms) were treated with E-CARE Se injection (Vetcare, Bangalore) on the day of drying off. Somatic cell Count was carried out before the trial and 7th day post-calving. Among the 113 quarters from 30 cows, the SCC declined to threshold limit after therapy in 93 quarters (82.30%; 20 quarters from organized and 73 quarters from unorganized farms). In the remaining 20 quarters (17.70%) the SCC was above the threshold limit. In the organized farm though the decrease of SCC was not significant after therapy, the mean SCC was within the threshold limit. On the other hand on the unorganized farms, the SCC was significantly reduced after therapy, but it did not fall within the threshold limit of <5, 00,000 cells/ml of milk.
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Mrinalee Devi, Jyoti B Dutta. Efficacy of vitamin e and selenium in dry cows in preventing udder infection after calving. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(4):1394-1398.
