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dc.contributor.authorByarugaba, D. K.
dc.contributor.authorNakavuma, J. L.
dc.contributor.authorLaker, C.
dc.contributor.authorBarasa, A. C.
dc.contributor.authorVaarst, M.
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-21T05:28:06Z
dc.date.available2013-01-21T05:28:06Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/1012
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.sciquest.org.nz/elibrary/edition/4992
dc.descriptionProceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, 2003en_US
dc.description.abstractA study was conducted in Jinja district to collect data on the occurrence, risk factors, current control methods of mastitis, drug resistance patterns of bacteria isolates, and also to establish the farmers' knowledge and attitudes towards mastitis and its control. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to obtain data and milk samples screened for mastitis and microbiologically examined for the causative agents and their susceptibility to a selected panel of antibiotics. Mastitis was confirmed as a problem with a high prevalence (61%). A high level of resistance was also found among the isolates. The study revealed that sub-clinical mastitis is the biggest problem, which is reflected in very low milk yields and there are individual farmer variations concerning farming systems, management factors, conditions and possibilities for solutions and control.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMastitisen_US
dc.subjectBreast diseaseen_US
dc.subjectDairy farmersen_US
dc.subjectDairy cowsen_US
dc.titleDynamics of mastitis and its control in the smallholder dairy system in Jinja district, in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeJournal article, peer revieweden_US


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