Identification of Bovine Mastitis Associated Pathogens by Multiplex PCR-Juniper Publishers
Journal of Dairy & Veterinary Sciences - Juniper Publishers Introduction Healthy udder of milking cows is one of the most important factors of successful breeding from the health as well as economic point of view. Mastitis is defined as an inflammation of the parenchyma of mammary gland, which not only reduces milk yield but alters milk composition [ 1 ] also. It is one of the most problematic diseases and continues to have a major economic impact on the dairy industry throughout the world [ 2 ]. It is a devastating disease haunting the dairy industry leading to reservoir of infection for human beings and the economic losses due to high morbidity, discarded milk, reduced milk production and increased antimicrobial resistance of the organisms in animals treated with antibiotics [ 3 ]. The genome sequences of many of the major mastitis causing pathogens are now available and can be utilized to develop nucleic acid-based test...