author(s)
Amita Tiwari, Shukla PC, Gupta DK, Baghel RPS, Varsha Sharma and Joycee Jogi

abstract
The present work was aimed to study the prevalence of contagious agalactia in goats. For this study, total 705 female lactating goats belonging to organized and unorganized sectors of in and around areas of Jabalpur were screened over a period of 12 months i.e. from April 2014 to march 2015. Out of 705 lactating females, 282 females suspected for contagious agalactia were selected for further study. The presence of causative agent of caprine contagious agalactia i.e. Mycoplasma agalactiae was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. Results revealed an overall prevalence of contagious agalactia as 4.39 % in lactating goats and 14.42% in mastitic goats. The prevalence of contagious agalactia in organized goatry was significantly higher as compared to unorganized goatry. The age wise prevalence does not differ significantly. Non-descript goats showed lesser prevalence as compared to defined breed of goats under study.