Mastitis control programme in the developing dairy industry of tropical lowland Bolivia.
Trop Anim Health Prod
; 30(1): 3-11, 1998 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-9719822
ABSTRACT
Mastitis is an important disease in developing dairy industries. This paper describes a commercial mastitis control programme in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, based upon the five-point mastitis control plan and bulk tank somatic cell count (BTSCC) monitoring. Twelve farms which participated on the programme for 6 years are considered. Mean annual BTSCC fell steadily from 1,200,000 cells/ml to 461,000 cells/ml over this time. This progressive improvement was probably a result of increasing use of and attention to detail in mastitis control practices. The control of subclinical mastitis improved in both hand-milked and machine-milked herds, though hand-milked herds consistently produced milk of higher BTSCC. The mastitis programme did not appear to influence the incidence of clinical mastitis. The concludes that a simple mastitis programme based on the five-point plan and BTSCC monitoring can be commercially implemented and effectively control subclinical mastitis in a tropical, developing country.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Clima Tropical
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Industria Lechera
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Países en Desarrollo
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Mastitis Bovina
Tipo de estudio:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Límite:
Animals
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Bolivia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Trop Anim Health Prod
Año:
1998
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Article