Clinical Evaluation of Syzygium aromaticum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum Gels as an Alternative to Antimicrobial Therapy in Ewes Mastitis

Mastitis is a common infectious disease as well as an economically significant disease that affect dairy ewes worldwide.This inflammatory disease leading to reduced milk quality and production, increased veterinary costs, and potential animal welfare concerns.The aim of this study is to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of topical Syzygium arozmaticum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum gel in treatment of mastitis in ewes.Biochemical identification of bacteria was done to confirm it.The well diffusion method was done by measuring the zone of inhibition of each one, clove gel showed the largest zone compared with cinnamon gel 15mm, 10 mm respectively.Nine ewes were divided to three groups 3 ewes in each one.They were milked-out from the udder of each group before inducing the infection.Group B and C were infused intra-mammary with 1 ml (7x10 2 CFU/ml) of Staphylococcus auras suspension while the group A was served as a control.After the appearance of clinical signs, group B and group C were treated respectively with S. aromaticum gel and C. zeylanicum gel applied gently to the udder for five days.Milk of both halves were sampled twice daily for period during the treatment, for bacterial colonies, Somatic cell count, and milk fat content during the experimental infection and treatment.The primary clinical signs of mastitis that appeared after 48 hours of intra-mammary infusions.After treatment bacterial investigation on the 5th day revealed 80% and 60% cure rate in S. aromaticum and C. zeylanicum gel treated groups respectively.SCC in S. arozmaticum gel treated group was reduced significantly to 35x10 3 cell/ml than C. zeylanicum 48x10 3 cell/ml, with no significant increase in milk fat percentage.The therapeutic efficacy of S. aromaticum is more than C. zeylanicum gel in reducing the SCC and bacterial count in milk.