The prevalence of subclinical mastitis in dairy goats in Kenya
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
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| Title | The prevalence of subclinical mastitis in dairy goats in Kenya | |
| Creator | Ndegwa, E.N. Mulei, C.M. Munyua, S.J.M. | |
| Description | California mastitis test (CMT), direct leukocytes counts and bacteriological examination were performed on 630 milk samples from apparently healthy mammary glands of dairy goats comprising a mixed population of German Alpine, Toggenberg, Saanen and Galla crosses to find the prevalence of subclinical mastitis. The prevalence of subclinical mastitis was 9.8 %according to CMT, 9.7 %according to direct leukocyte counts and 28.7 %by bacterial isolation during a 3-month period. The proportion of the bacteriologically positive milk samples was significantly (P 0.01) higher than that positive for CMTand direct leukocyte counts. There was a significant (P 0.01) correlation between CMT and direct leukocyte counts. There was no significant direct relationship between bacterial isolation and CMT. Bacterial organisms were isolated in 22.5 % of the 568 CMT-negative milk samples. The results suggest that bacterial organisms isolated from the CMT-negative milk samples were either latent infections or did not stimulate any significant increase in somatic cell counts that could be detected by either the CMT or direct leukocyte counts. The observations of this study indicate that the mere presence of bacteria in goat's milk does not mean that the udder is infected and so does not warrant antibiotic therapy. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2000-07-10 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v71i1.672 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 71, No 1 (2000); 25-27 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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