Husbandry practices effects on incidence of mastitis in buffaloes

Bovine mastitis, an inflammation of mammary glands, is the most important and costly disease in the dairy industry and affects the quality as well as quantity of milk. The control of bovine mastitis might be possible through improvement of husbandry and management practices such as herd size, type of farm, milk yield, ventilation status and cleanliness, etc in water buffaloes. The parity and age also effect on the incidence of mastitis.

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Tariq Ali Khattak completed his graduation (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine)in the year 2002 from Uninversity of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Soon he joined Research Institute Peshawar, Pakistan and is working as Senior Researcher. Currently, living in China, and working with Prof. Bo Han at College of Veterinary Mediicne, CAU, Beijing