EFFECTlVENESS OF TEAT DIPPING iN CONTROL OF BOVINE MASTITIS*

SUDlDlary: The purpose of this studv was to investigate the iffective-ness of teat dipping alone in control of bovine mastitis. A sum of 20 hand-milking and 20 machinery-milking (total is 40) cows were used. The right side teats were dipped into a solution that contained or.e percent of actiıe chlorine (Preparation: ı ORBITABSR tahlet was dissolved in 200 ml of warm water, active chemical is sodium salt of dichloroisocyanurate) as the antiseptic principle and the l~ft side teats were reserlJedfor cordrols and not treated wtih any medicine. Teat dippings were performed twice rı day af ter morning and evening milking for a complete lactation period (Average 300 days.) To evaluate the iffectiveness of teat dipping application, monthly eMT ' s and polimorph leucocyt counts were made for milk samples obtained from cows with 40 days intervals. The results showed that, teat dipping was actively iffective in the preven-tion of mastitis (P <.0 l) and the type of milking W(JJ not important (P>,05) The Percentage of occurence of mastitis with clinical manifestations was very low in treatea quartdrs. As a conclu.rion the post milking tııat dipping appeared as an active and economical method in the prevention of bovine mastitis. • This study is a summary of the thesis for the degree of "Docent " accepted by th