Risk factors for dairy cow mastitis in the central highlands of Ethiopia
| Autor: | E. O. Mungube, Maximilian P. O. Baumann, M. N. Kyule, Matthias Greiner, Tesfu Kassa, Fekadu Regassa, B.-A. Tenhagen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Veterinary medicine
Physical examination Logistic regression Animal science Food Animals Risk Factors Lactation Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Animals Udder Animal Husbandry Central Highlands Mastitis Bovine Subclinical infection medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry food and beverages medicine.disease Mastitis Dairying medicine.anatomical_structure Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Animal Science and Zoology Cattle Female Ethiopia business California mastitis test |
| Zdroj: | Tropical animal health and production. 36(5) |
| ISSN: | 0049-4747 |
| Popis: | This study, with the objective of assessing the effect of risk factors on dairy cow mastitis in the central highlands of Ethiopia, was undertaken between February and September 2001 in the urban and peri-urban areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A prevalence study and questionnaire survey were carried out simultaneously. Clinical examination of lactating udders and California mastitis test (CMT) determined clinical and subclinical mastitis, respectively. Risk factors for subclinical and clinical mastitis were identified from data on animals and farm management by chi-square analysis and subsequent logistic regression. Cows aged at least 8 years, with poor body condition, with at least 8 parities and in at least the eighth month of lactation had a significantly higher risk for subclinical mastitis (p |
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