Scientific Electronic Archives (Nov 2013)

Occurrence of Mastitis and Associated Risk Factors in Dairy Cattle from N ova Santa Helena, Mato Grosso, Brazil

  • R. R. Lima,
  • R. dos Santos,
  • S. C. Gomes,
  • B. G. Castro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.36560/40201370
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 0
pp. 5 – 10

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Abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence and the risk factors associated to the summer mastitis in 27 dairy cattle from Nova Santa Helena, Mato Grosso. From the 408 dairy cows evaluated, 62 animals (15.19%) were positive to mastitis with 13.32% of prevalence above all farms. After the evaluation of the risk factor, was noticed more influence on mastitis occurrence due to the use of the milking machine OR: 20.64 (p: 0.048) and a dirt floor in the barn milking OR: 11.14 (p: 0.041). Key words: summer mastitis; risk factors; dairy cattle

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