EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TREATMENTS OF PRE-MILKING TEAT STIMULATION ON BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF RAW MILK IN CROSSBRED CATTLE

ANURAG SINGH¹, KULADIP PRAKASH SHINDE²*, RAMESH PANDEY³, NEERAJ⁴, VIJAY KUMAR⁵, SHABIR AHMAD LONE^6
1Department of Livestock Production Management, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, U.P, India
²Division of Livestock Production Management, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, Haryana, India
³Department of Livestock Production Management, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, U.P, India
⁴Department of Animal Nutrition, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, U.P, India
⁵Department of Livestock Production Management, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, U.P, India
⁶Division of Animal Reproduction, Gynecology & Obstetrics, ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal-132001, Haryana, India
* Corresponding Author : kuls164@gmail.com

Received : 04-09-2016     Accepted : 17-10-2016     Published : 06-11-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 54       Pages : 2849 - 2851
Int J Agr Sci 8.54 (2016):2849-2851

Keywords : Pre-milking, Teat, Stimulation, Bacteriological Quality, Raw Milk
Academic Editor : Dr Jiekun Xuan
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The objective of the study was to find out the effect of different treatments of pre-milking teat stimulation on bacteriological quality of raw milk in crossbred cattle. Pre-milking udder stimulation was done by milker's hand, latex made hand gloves, cotton duster and muslin cloth, respectively, in treatment T1, T2, T3 and T4. In each of the treatments, milk samples were evaluated for Standard plate count (SPC), Poteolytic bacterial count (PBC), Lactic acid bacterial count (LABC), Lipolytic bacterial count (LBC) and Coliform count (CC). SPC was found significantly higher in T1, T2 as compared to T3 and T4. However, no significant difference was found in PBC, LABC and LBC among all the four treatments. In each treatment, correlation was studied among different bacteriological quality parameters. In T1 LBC and PBC were significantly correlated (P<0.05) with each other. In T2, PBC was positively correlated with LABC (P<0.05), while LBC showed significantly (P<0.05) positive correlation with LABC and PBC. In T4, LBC was positively correlated (P<0.05) with LABC and PBC.