1Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-600 051 (Tamil Nadu)
2Professor and Head (Retd), Centre for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (CSRM), Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-600 051 (Tamil Nadu)
3Professor (Retd), Dept of Physics, IITMChennai, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-600 051 (Tamil Nadu)
4Professor and Head, Education Cell, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-7, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-600 051 (Tamil Nadu)
5PhD Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-600 051 (Tamil Nadu)
6Professor and Head (Retd), Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-600 051 (Tamil Nadu)
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-600 051 (Tamil Nadu)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: sivashankar77@gmail.com
Online Published on 14 September, 2022.
Obstructive teat injuries are common in dairy cows, which consequently lead to reduced milk production and poor milk quality, increased cost of treatment, early culling and thereby, a negative economic impact. The present study was undertaken for the production and standardization of a low cost bio-compatible teat implant made of silk fibroin, known for its versatile utility as a biomaterial. Bombyx mori cocoons were collected and processed to make the silk fibroin solution and were made into mat form of 0.2 mm thickness and a pore size of 2–5 [m by electrospinning technique. A comparative clinical trial was conducted with regular silicone plugs and silk fibroin rolled teat plugs in cases of teat obstruction in dairy cattle. The parameters studied included healing period in days for return to milking, milkability and somatic cell count measured at 0,10, 20 and 30 days.
Dairy Cattle, Implant for Teat Obstruction, Silk Biomaterial
