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- Title
PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS OF BOVINE MASTITIS IN ASHULIA, DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
- Authors
Al-Noman, Kazi Md.; Ruknuzzaman, Md.; Nasrin Banu, Mst.; Sarkar, Himangsu; Abdur Rahman, Md.; Pencil, Ashleigh; Ashraful Alam, Md.; Shafiullah Parvej, Md.
- Abstract
Mastitis is a critical infectious disease of dairy cow throughout the world. Antibiotic treatment can cure the disease, but the cows will be unable to reverse their previous productive condition. Therefore, the identification of the possible risk factors and management of those factors is the only way to minimize the losses in the dairy sector. The present study was conducted to clarify the existing status of the disease and to find out the possible risk factors of the disease to adjust successful control measures. The result exhibited that 57% of cows in the study area were infected by mastitis. Of these, subclinical mastitis was predominant (85%) followed by clinical mastitis (15%). Most of the cows got an infection at 3.5 to 5 years of age, typically in the 1st lactation and during the early lactational stage (≤3 months). Principal component analysis and Pearson correlation matrix analysis revealed that extensive milk producers, intensive rearing system, improper hygiene during milking, new farms of unskilled farmers and poor physical condition of the cows showed positive association to mastitis. However, adaptation of the extensive or semi-intensive rearing system as well as washing hands and udders before and after milking using an antiseptic, together with proper training of the farmers on scientific dairy farming can reduce the prevalence of mastitis in the study area. This will be advantageous in decreasing antibiotic usage and lessening new antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains.
- Subjects
DHAKA (Bangladesh); BOVINE mastitis; PEARSON correlation (Statistics); DAIRY farm management; DISEASE risk factors; PRINCIPAL components analysis; HAND washing; DAIRY farming
- Publication
Veterinaria, 2022, Vol 71, Issue 2, p191
- ISSN
0372-6827
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51607/22331360.2022.71.2.191