Prevalence of Bovine Mastitis in the Western Region of Cameroon

Authors

  • Müller FOTSAC DZOUSSE Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon Author
  • Marc K. KOUAM University of Dschang, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences. P.O. Box 222 Dschang, Cameroon Author
  • Roland NANKAM CHIMI Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon Author
  • Ashu Michael AGBOR Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon Author
  • Ornella Ingrid MBIATCHOUA POSSI Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon Author
  • Boris WAFFO DEFFO Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon Author
  • Arouna NJAYOU NGAPAGNA University of Ngaoundere, Faculty of Science, P.O. Box 454 Ngaoundere, Cameroon Author
  • Florence FONTEH ANYANGWE University of Dschang, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences. P.O. Box 222 Dschang, Cameroon Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JIDSCR/2021(2)149

Keywords:

Prevalence of Bovine Mastitis

Abstract

Mastitis is the major disease in milking cows causing huge losses to the dairy industry worldwide. It is in view to contribute to the eradication of this pathology that the present study was carried out in cattle farms of the West Region of Cameroon from March 2020 to November 2020. A total of 473 lactating cows of local and improved breeds were screened for mastitis. Screening for clinical and sub-clinical mastitis was based on the observation of clinical signs and on the use of the California Mastitis Test (CMT) respectively. The overall prevalence was 34.88%, among which 9.72% and 25.16% represented clinical and subclinical mastitis respectively. In summary, the factors influencing the occurrence of mastitis were: the divisions surveyed (p<0.001), breed type (p = 0.003) age range (p<0,001), farm type (p = 0.05) , soil type (p<0,001), cleaning frequency (p < 0.001) feeding method (p < 0.001) hygiene of udder (p = 0.05) ; and stage of lactation (p = 0.02) The results obtained allow us to recommend an improvement of the breeding conditions to prevent mastitis, because once mastitis appears in a farm, it becomes very difficult to eradicate it.

Author Biographies

  • Müller FOTSAC DZOUSSE, Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon

    Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon 

  • Marc K. KOUAM, University of Dschang, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences. P.O. Box 222 Dschang, Cameroon

    University of Dschang, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences. P.O. Box 222 Dschang, Cameroon 

  • Roland NANKAM CHIMI, Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon

    Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon 

  • Ashu Michael AGBOR, Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon

    Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon 

  • Ornella Ingrid MBIATCHOUA POSSI, Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon

    Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon 

  • Boris WAFFO DEFFO, Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon

    Université des Montagnes, Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences. P.O. Box 208 Bangangte, Cameroon 

  • Arouna NJAYOU NGAPAGNA, University of Ngaoundere, Faculty of Science, P.O. Box 454 Ngaoundere, Cameroon

    University of Ngaoundere, Faculty of Science, P.O. Box 454 Ngaoundere, Cameroon 

  • Florence FONTEH ANYANGWE, University of Dschang, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences. P.O. Box 222 Dschang, Cameroon

    University of Dschang, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences. P.O. Box 222 Dschang, Cameroon 

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Published

2021-10-30

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2021): Volume 2 Issue 4

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