Awareness and adoption level of subclinical mastitis diagnosis among dairy farmers of Punjab, India

Nimbalkar, Vidya; Verma, H. K.; Singh, Jaswinder; Kansal, S.K.

doi:10.3906/vet-2001-42

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“…Innovation of mastitis diagnosis kit includes Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) Paddle with reagent and Bromothymol Blue (BTB) card. Such innovations can be used by the farmers at their own for early diagnosis and reducing the further incidence diseases for improving productivity [16].…”

Section: Mastitis Diagnosis Kitmentioning

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Dairy Farming Innovations for Productivity Enhancement

Nimbalkar¹,

Verma²,

Singh³

2022

New Advances in the Dairy Industry

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Dairy farming innovations’ implementation at every farmer’s farm is the present day need; during the era of scarce natural resources coupled with population explosion, putting obvious pressure for more food production. Milk, produced from every single farm at micro level, is contributing to global economy at macro level. Dairy sector is facing the challenge of low animal productivity due to ineffective and poor farm management. This provides a big window for different innovations application to enhance animal productivity in developing nations where majority dairy farms are small scale and managed on traditional practices. Farm innovations are the novel practices/products/techniques suitable for particular area, physiological stage of animals and economically viable option to enhance the animals’ per diem yield. Despite the prevalence of innovations, the scenario for its applicability is very dismal, majority of them are yet to reach masses at root level. Farmers’ demographic, social and economic characteristics including adoption behavior, act as major impeding factors affecting impact of innovations. In this chapter, information on low cost and user friendly dairy farming innovations suitable for all kinds of farms, maintained under rural conditions existing in different tropical countries have been detailed for enhancing the animal productivity and henceforth farmers’ socio-economic welfare.

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Section: Mastitis Diagnosis Kitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dairy Farming Innovations for Productivity Enhancement

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Singh³

2022

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“…In comparison to Cluster 2, which was predominantly dairies in the Delta region, represented smaller herds. Vimbalkar et al, 2020 reported that herd size, landholding, and dairy income were positively associated with the probability of implementing subclinical mastitis diagnosis in dairies in India [22]. Jayarao et al, 2004 reported that herd size was associated with different farm management practices, such as the type of milking facility, times cows are milked per day, use of automatic milking machine removal, type of bedding, and mastitis control practices [23].…”

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Management Practices of Bovine Mastitis and Milk Quality on Egyptian Dairies

Farag,

Aly,

Fahim

et al. 2023

Veterinary Sciences

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Milk production continues to be the main source of income for dairy producers, and mastitis continues to be the major health challenge for dairy cows worldwide. The objective of the current study was to describe the different management practices implemented in Egyptian dairies, which may influence mastitis and improve milk quality. An in-person survey was completed with herd managers and owners of 20 Egyptian dairies selected using a stratified random sample from four of Egypt’s milk sheds. The questionnaire included 80 questions that inquired about herd demographics, mastitis status and control, milking practices, and management practices of the study dairies. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, multiple factor analysis (MFA), and hierarchical clustering to identify the important principal components and different dairy clusters. Of the surveyed herds, 69.50% had less than 500 lactating cows, with Holstein as the main cow breed. The reported average milk production on the study herds was 31.1 (SE ± 1.10) Kg/cow/day. Housing of lactating, dry, and close-up cows was in open lots. The majority of the dairies milked cows were three times per day (90.63%), the remaining milked cows four (5.00%) or a mix of four and three times per day. Furthermore, herringbone parlor design was the most common parlor design (66.79%) in the study dairies. The most common disinfectants used for both pre- and post-milking teat dip were iodine-based, 90.0% and 95.0%, respectively, while 52.16% of the dairies reported that their milkers wore gloves during milking. The reported mean annual percentage of mastitis was 52.3%, as a percent of the milking herd. The study dairies reported the inspection of udder health through either visual inspection (95.00%), udder hygiene score (86.88%), teat end score (71.88%), and/or using CMT (54.91%). Contagious mastitis pathogens were reported in 45.2% of the study herds. More than 50% of the study herds relied on importing pregnant cows or pregnant heifers as replacements. Multiple factor analysis identified 20 questions and represented 5 components of variability related to mastitis on dairies. The current survey of Egyptian dairies described the herd demographics and different management practices related to mastitis control and prevention. All the study dairies relied on the blanket intramammary antimicrobial drugs at dry off when current research elsewhere has identified selective dry cow therapy as an integral component of antimicrobial stewardship on dairies. Further research is required to identify the association between different management factors and the occurrence of mastitis.

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“…Studies in India reported that none of the farmers was aware of SCM and practices to control it [10,11]. It was also found that though the technology is having direct role in reducing the incidence of clinical mastitis and improving dairy farm productivity, the awareness and adoption of SCM diagnosis was very low [12]. If the constraints are identified, it helps to bridge the gap between the technology awareness and its adoption by livestock farmers [13].…”

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Constraint Analysis in Adopting Mastitis Preventing Technologies in Rural Areas of Punjab, India

Nimbalkar¹,

Verma²,

Singh³

2022

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Mastitis is considered to be one of the expensive diseases affecting the profitability of milch animals through production losses. Various mastitis preventive techniques such as teat dip (TD) and mastitis diagnostic kits (MDK) are recommended to prevent intra-mammary infections and diagnosis at sub-clinical stage. Despite these innovations, very low adoption has been observed at field level, leading to higher prevalence of clinical mastitis. To understand the constrains faced by the dairy farmers in adopting mastitis preventing technologies, a cross-sectional study was carried out in six districts of Punjab, India. The responses were collected through personal interview schedule from 600 dairy farmers selected through multistage random sampling technique. The constraint analysis by Garret's Ranking Technique (GRT) revealed that lack of awareness about the technology, lack of technical knowledge and technical skill, inability to take decisions are the major constraints hindering the implementation of simple beneficial technologies. This study identified a dire need of extensive extension efforts to aware the farmers about their major problems at farms and scientific dairy farming technologies. Extension education can play a pivotal role to motivate farmers at individual, group and mass level for accelerating technology use to achieve optimum and sustainable quality production for maintaining social, economical and psychological welfare of society.

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Awareness and adoption level of subclinical mastitis diagnosis among dairy farmers of Punjab, India

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Dairy Farming Innovations for Productivity Enhancement

Dairy Farming Innovations for Productivity Enhancement

Management Practices of Bovine Mastitis and Milk Quality on Egyptian Dairies

Constraint Analysis in Adopting Mastitis Preventing Technologies in Rural Areas of Punjab, India

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