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. 2012 Nov 6;12:950. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-950

Table 1.

Dairy farms hygienic practices

Farmers practices Performance Number of farmers Frequency(%)
Barn cleaning
Twice per day
4
8.5%
Once per day
28
59.58%
Three times per week
8
17.03%
Once per week
7
14.89%
Udder washing before milking
No washing at all
13
27.66%
Using warm tape water
17
36.17%
Using cold tape water
4
8.51%
Using warm river water
1
2.13%
Using cold river water
12
25.53%
Milking utensils cleaning
Twice per day
2
4.25%
Every day
39
82.98%
Every other day
6
12.77%
Milking utensils cleaning methods
Hot water
21
44.68%
Cold water
26
55.52%
Use of flavoring
Traditional flavoring
30
63.83%
No use of traditional flavoring
17
36.17%
Hand washing before milking Yes
44
93.62%
No 3 6.38%