Table 2.
Management practices routines employed by dairy farmers in the study area.
| Management practice | Intensive (n = 10) | Extensive (n = 63) | Total percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of responses | Percentage | Number of responses | Percentage | ||
| Mastitis screening | |||||
| Yes | 6 | 8.2% | 43 | 58.9% | 67.1% |
| No | 4 | 5.5% | 20 | 27.4% | 32.9% |
| If yes, how? | |||||
| CMT | 3 | 4.1% | 2 | 2.7% | 6.8% |
| Strip cup | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.4% | 1.4% |
| Clinical signs | 3 | 4.1% | 40 | 54.8% | 58.9% |
| If no, why? | |||||
| Lack of knowledge | 3 | 4.1% | 17 | 23.3% | 27.4% |
| Lack of screening materials | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 1.4% | 2.7% |
| No mastitis cases | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 2.7% | 2.7% |
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| Mastitis control | |||||
| Yes | 10 | 13.7% | 52 | 71.2% | 84.9% |
| No | 0 | 0.0% | 11 | 15.1% | 15.1% |
| If yes, how? | |||||
| Cow hygiene | 1 | 1.4% | 7 | 9.6% | 11.0% |
| Dry cow therapy | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 5.5% | 5.5% |
| Use of teat dips | 2 | 2.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 2.7% |
| Treatment of clinical cases | 7 | 9.6% | 41 | 56.2% | 65.8% |
| If no, why? | |||||
| Lack of knowledge | 0 | 0.0% | 11 | 15.1% | 15.1% |
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| Milking technique | |||||
| Hand milking | 10 | 13.7% | 63 | 86.3% | 100.0% |
| Milking machine | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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| Milking place | |||||
| Open space | 2 | 2.7% | 63 | 86.3% | 89.0% |
| Milking from stanchion/tie stalls | 8 | 11.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 11.0% |