Epidemiological Study on the Bovine Mastitis in Chonnam Area

乳牛의 乳房炎에 관한 疫學的 연구 -전남지역을 중심으로-

Epidemiological study on the bovine mastitis was carried out on 1,493 raw milk samples from 7,406 dairy cows of dairyfarms in Chonnam province. And, it were classified by R. B. V. test during the period from July, 1984 to June, 1986. Of these positive samples, the mastitis causative agents were isolated, and examined for susceptibility to 14 antibiotics by disc method. The results are summarized as follows 1. Incidence rate of bovine mastitis from raw milk examined was observed in 1,393 dairy cows (18.8%) among 7,406 dairy cows of dairy farms. These outbreaks according to years were increased to 17.1% in 1984, 19.7% in 1985, and 20.5% in 1986. And, outbreaks of bovine mastitis according to seasons were high observed during the period from August to October. 2. Isolated rate of mastitis causative agents from raw milk was observed in the order of Staphylococcus sp. (50.2-51.7%), Streptococcus sp. (35.6-48.3%), Bacillus sp. (2.2-6.7%), Pseudomonas sp. (0.3-5.7%), and others (0.6%). 3. Generally, antibiotics susceptibility of isolated mastitis agents from raw milk was observed high susceptible in CP, CL, NB, PC, SM, NM, EM, GM etc.