UNILATERAL MASTECTOMY FOR MANAGEMENT OF GANGRENOUS MASTITIS IN A DOE: CASE REPORT

A crossbred black Bengal goat was presented to Additional Block Animal Health Centre, Bhabta Beldanga, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. with blackish necrotic right udder and reddish purulent secretion during milking. Depending on clinical symptoms it was diagnosed as gangrenous mastitis. Conservative therapy in gangrenous mastitis in goats is mostly unfavorable. Present case was successfully managed with unilateral mastectomy and other post-operative treatment. The animal recovered uneventfully.