Economic impact of mastitis on the dairy farming

Mastitis is globally an important production disease of dairy cows (FAO, 2014), one of the main causes of economic losses to dairy farmers. India possesses world’s largest bovine population with 193.46 million cattle, out of which 51.36 million cattle are exotic/crossbred and 142.11 million cattle are indigenous/non-descript (BAHS,2022), which is about 12.67% of the world cattle population. India ranks first in the world, contributing 23% of global milk production. The total milk production was 221.06 million tonnes and per capita availability was 444 grams per day in 2022 (BAHS, 2022).