Mastitis control programme in the developing dairy industry of tropical lowland Bolivia

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...

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Published in:Tropical animal health and production 1998-02, Vol.30 (1), p.3-11
Main Authors: Brown, D.F, Ardaya V, D, Ribera C, H, Cuellar G, A.M, Kerby, P.J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
antibiotics
Bolivia - epidemiology
bovine mastitis
Cattle
Cell Count - veterinary
dairy cows
Dairying - instrumentation
Dairying - methods
Developing Countries
dry period
Female
hand milking
Incidence
Lactation
machine milking
Mastitis, Bovine - epidemiology
Mastitis, Bovine - prevention & control
Milk - cytology
Milk - metabolism
somatic cell count
teat dip
Tropical Climate
tropics
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1023/A:1005096907680