Antibacterial effect of Melastoma malabathricum leaves extract against locally isolated bovine mastitis pathogens

Mastitis is the most frequently diagnosed disease in dairy cattle and responsible for the major economic losses. To date, antibiotics are the most common treatment for this disease. However, the use of antibiotic was reported to be the main contributor to milk contamination and frequent use of this therapy will lead to microbial antibiotic resistance. Furthermore, the antibiotic withdrawal time and mastitis therapy will cause a huge profit loss to dairy farmers. Therefore, alternative...