title: Mastitis concomitant with traumatic reticulo-peritonitis in buffaloes.
abstract: Out of 500 dairy buffaloes examined for traumatic reticulitis in two farms, 51 buffaloes (10.2 %) were diagnosed as having the syndrome in its subacute and chronic forms. Of this 51 diseased animals, 39 had idiopathic mastitis (76.5 %). This high percentage of mastitis cases associated with traumatic reticulitis is considered as being four times the incidence of primary mastitis (20 %) in cattle. It is most likely that secondary mastitis is due to the contiguous spread of bacteria from the infected focus favoured by the devitalising effect of the foreign body syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D007249:Inflammation; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000150:complications*; D010537:Peritoneum; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D012159:Reticulum; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology