A NOVEL BACTERIA RECOVERED FROM CASES OF SUBCLINICAL MASTITIS IN EWES

Abstract

Four hundred milk samples were collected from 205 local breed ewes for thedetection of clinical and sub clinical mastitis. The incidenceof clinical mastitis 'was (7.25%) while that of sub clinical mastitis was (26.25%). I-Iistophilus Ovis wasisolated from natural cases of sub clinical mastitis of ewes and is a novel bacteriumA to Iraqi mastitis literature

Keywords

Mastitis, Bacteria, Iraq