author(s)
Ifat Ashraf, Hamid Ullah Malik, Ovais Shabir Shah, Showkat Ul Nabi, Amatul Muhee, Hilal Tantray, Shafayat A Beigh and Muheet Mir

abstract
The present study was undertaken during 2002-2012 to find out the prevalence of mastitis in dairy cattle of Kashmir valley. The prevalence studies were carried out at the Veterinary Clinical Services Complex (Ganderbal) and overall prevalence rate of 16.89 per cent was recorded during the study period of one year (2012-2013) in addition retrospective study for last ten years of mastitis cases was carried out. Overall prevalence of dairy cattle mastitis over the last 10 years was recorded to be 14.86 per cent. The present study found increased prevalence with changing trends in mastitis over last ten years.