Study of Subclinical Mastitis Control on Dry Cow Therapy (DCT) during the Dry Period

Abstract

This aim of study was to indentify the variables supporting the dairy farmers on dry cow therapy (DCT) for contoling subclinical mastitis and impact of the treatment impact on milk production at KPSBU, Lembang, West Java Province. The study was conducted by interviewing the farmers using questionnaires and testing subclinical mastitis using IPB-1 reagen. This study showed that variables supporting the dairy farmers to apply DCT were the attending farmers meeting Odds Ratio (OR) = 4.05; Confidence Interval (CI) = 95% (1.36-12.04) and number of productive dairy OR =5.3; CI 95% (1.43-19.58). The DCT programs were able to improve milk production. The milk production increased 620.5 (76.3-1164.7) litre per cow per year.