About the RUFORUM 2010 Biennal Conference
"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholders in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme of Animal Science"
Milking procedures and prevalence of mastitis and mastitis specific-pathogens in selected smallholder dairy herds in Zimbabwe
Abstract:
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.
Une étude d’échantillons représentatifs a été portée pour
rassembler des échantillons de lait pour un examen
bactériologique et un comptage de cellules somatiques des
vaches laitières au Zimbabwe. De l’ensemble d’animaux
examinés, 172 (29.5%) ont eu la mastite avec 84% (144/172)
d’entre eux ayant la mastite sub-clinique et 16% (28/172) ayant
la mastite clinique. Le compte moyen de cellules somatiques
pour les échantillons culturellement positifs (738.1x103 ± 58.1)
était sensiblement plus haut comparé à celui des échantillons
négatifs (34.7x103 ± 2.8). La plupart des fermiers ont pratiqué
la routine de traite normale bien qu’un petit groupe d’entre-eux
parfois n’aient pas suivi de pratiques de traite routinières. Ainsi,
la surveillance de ce type de mastite devrait se concentrer sur
des mesures d’empêcher la transmission d’un animal à l’autre.
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English
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2010
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Southern Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1125-1128
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