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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Mastitis, an economically important disease causes heavy economic losses in dairy cattle associated with poor quality and quantity of milk, milk discard after treatment and increased cost of veterinary services. Escherichia coli is reported to be the major environmental pathogen associated with clinical mastitis. Out of 104 milk samples collected from clinical mastitis cows brought to TVCC, VCRI, Namakkal, the prevalence mastitis due to E. coli was found to be 10.57% for E. coli identified by isolation on selective media namely eosine methylene blue agar and MacConkey agar and confirmation by employing polymerase chain reaction (PCR).