Study on Bovine Mastitis in Dairy Farms of Bahir Dar and its Environs
Study on Bovine Mastitis in Dairy Farms of Bahir Dar and its Environs
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DOI:
10.3923/javaa.2010.2912.2917
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发表时间:
2010-01-01
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Tolosa, Tadele
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Bitew, Molalegne;Tafere, Arega;Tolosa, Tadele
Cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of 302 lactating (local and crossbred) dairy cows to determine the overall prevalence of mastitis and to isolate and identify the predominant bacterial agents involved in Bahir Dar town and its environs using Californian Mastitis Test (CMT) as screening tests. The overall mastitis prevalence recorded in the area was 85 (28.2%), out of which 9 (3%) clinical and 76 (25.2%) were subclinical cases. Of 1 208 quarters examined, 23 (1.9%) were blind teats and 134 quarters (12.3%) showed evidence of infection of sub clinical mastitis. About 79 bacterial isolates were identified from CMT positive samples. Among the isolates were Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CNS) (51.9%), Staphylococcus aureus (20.3%), Streptococcus agalactiae (8.8%), Corynebacterium bovis (0.75%) and Bacillus species (0.75%). Other species isolated include Streptococcus dysagalactiae (5.1%), Micrococcus species (3.8%), Streptococcus uberis and Actinomyces pyogenes (2.5%) each. The occurrence of mastitis varied significantly (p