Successful Management of Lactolith (Milk Stone) in a Red Sindhi Cow-A Case Study

Any disease condition of udder and teats not only causes painful milking but also makes udder and teats prone to mastitis. Congenital and acquired surgical conditions of udder and teats can be grouped into the conditions of epithelial surface of udder and teats, conditions of glands and tea cistern or canal and conditions of teat sphincter. The diseases of udder can be congenital anomalies are known at the time of first calving but acquired anomalies can affect any stage of lactation. Surgical conditions of udder and teats are getting much attention now a day as these affects the economy of the farmer. Milk alone contributes around 63% to the total output from livestock. The udder and teats are vulnerable to external trauma or injury because of their anatomical location, increase in size of udder and teats during lactation, faulty methods of milking, repeated trauma to the teat mucosa, injury by teeth of calf, unintentionally stepped on teat, paralysis resulting from metabolic disturbances at parturition. The present paper describes the case of deposition of milk stone in the udder of a Red Sindhi cow and its successful management along with removal of coagulative milk stone via surgical interventions.