Epidemiology of Bovine Mastitis in Cows of Dharwad District

Table 3

Lactation-wise prevalence of subclinical and clinical mastitis in cows.

Test type	Total numbers examined	Subclinical		Clinical
		Positive	Percentage	Positive	Percentage
1st lactation
SFMT	40	16	40	2	5.0
SLST	40	10	25	1	2.5
WST	40	10	25	1	2.5
2nd lactation
SFMT	33	16	48.4	1	3
SLST	33	16	48.4	1	3
WST	33	12	36.3	1	3
3rd lactation
SFMT	67	31	46.2	6	8.9
SLST	67	25	37.3	4	5.9
WST	67	20	29.8	4	5.9
4th lactation
SFMT	55	22	40	3	5.2
SLST	55	22	40	1	1.8
WST	55	22	40	0	0
5th lactation
SFMT	30	22	73.3	5	16.6
SLST	30	20	66.6	4	13.3
WST	30	18	60	4	13.3
6th lactation
SFMT	18	10	55.5	2	11.1
SLST	18	8	44.4	2	11.1
WST	18	8	44.4	1	5.5
7th lactation
SFMT	12	3	25	1	3.6
SLST	12	1	8.3	1	3.6
WST	12	1	8.3	0	0.0
8th lactation
SFMT	8	1	12.5	1	3.4
SLST	8	1	12.5	0	0
WST	8	0	0	0	0
values
SFMT	263	23.06^*		5.73
SLST	263	30.79^*		8.14
WST	263	20.28^*		10.6

Significant: .