Effect of Different Types of Disinfectants on Udder Health and Milk Produced From Dairy Cows

AL-Hubaety, A.K.H.

	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, 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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