National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Mastitis is the inflammation of the mammary gland and udder tissue, and is a major endemic disease of dairy cattle. It is also the most costly disease to the dairy industry. Bovine mastitis caused by Escherichia coli (E.coli) and Staphylococcus aureus can ranges from being a subclinical infection of the mammary gland to a severe systemic disease. Antimicrobial resistance is generally not a limiting factor for treatment, but it should be monitored to detect changes in resistance profiles. This increases the importance of substitute among antimicrobial agents that kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms. Some herbs like neem, turmeric, garlic and tulsi have some bioactive molecules that show antibacterial activity. These agents protect the host from cellular oxidation reactions. In the present sudy, in vitro antimicrobial sensitivity of ethanolic extracts of neem, turmeric, garlic and tulsi leaves have been compared with the different antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and amoxicillin) against E.coli and S. aureus isolated from the milk samples of bovine suffering with mastitis. The zone of inhibition of different herbal discs and antibiotics against E.coli and S.aureus were seen after incubation of overnight and measured in millimeter. The maximum zone of inhibition among extracts of herbs and antibiotic were found in neem for E.coli followed by turmeric, ofloxacin and ciprofloxacin. The extracts of tulsi, garlic and antibiotic amoxicillin were found resistant against E.coli. While in case of S.aureus the maximum zone was found in ciprofloxacin followed by tulsi, ofloxacin, garlic, neem and amoxicillin. The extract of turmeric was not showing any sensitivity against S.aureus.
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