Milking procedures and prevalence of mastitis and mastitis specific-pathogens in selected smallholder dairy herds in Zimbabwe
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A cross-sectional study was carried to collect milk samples for
bacteriological examination and somatic cell counting in diary
cows in Zimbabwe. Of the total animals tested, 172 (29.5%)
had mastitis with 84% (144/172) of them having subclinical
and 16% (28/172) clinical mastitis. The mean somatic cell
count for culturally positive samples (738.1x103 ± 58.1) was
significantly higher compared to that of negative samples
(34.7x103 ± 2.8). Most of the farmers practiced normal milking
routine although a few occasionally did not follow routine milking
practices. Thus, the control of this type of mastitis should focus
on measures to prevent animal-to-animal transmission.
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