Effect of Different Types of Disinfectants on Udder Health and Milk Produced From Dairy Cows | ||
| Journal of Tikrit University For Agriculture Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 35-40 | ||
| Author | ||
| A.K.H. AL-Hubaety | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The current study was carried out on six cross-breed lactating cows, which belong to the animal farm of agriculture and Forestry College / university of Mosul. The aim of the research was to evaluate the disinfectant efficiency on udder and teat preparation using two types of antiseptics, Hibitane and potassium permanganate, in a concentration of 0.75%, 0.375% and 0.15% for the first one and 0.02% and 0.04% for the second one. Results indicated that Hibitane was the most effective in reducing the total bacterial count of the udder and teats skin and in milk by 99.1% and 83.6% at a concentration of (0.75%), while the other two concentrations (0.375% and 0.15%) were effective in reducing the total bacterial count of the udder and teats skin by 93.7 and 87.2% and in milk by 73.3 and 65.2% respectively. In respect to the second disinfectant, the higher percentage of potassium permanganate (0.04%) was more effective than the lower percentage (0.02%) in reducing the total count of bacteria by 80.8% and 73% on the udder and teats skin, and by 63.1 and 55.6% in milk respectively. However, a total somatic cell count of the produced milk of the tested cows was 2.9-3.9 X104 before achievement of the experiment, to ensure the healthy condition of the cow's udder. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| types; Disifectants; dairy cows | ||
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