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Risk factors for bovine mastitis in the Central Province of Sri Lanka |
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| Authors: | Suraj Gunawardana Dulari Thilakarathne Indra S. Abegunawardana Preeni Abeynayake Colin Robertson Craig Stephen |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Pharmacology and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2. Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 4. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Arts, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 3. Department of Ecosystem and Public Health. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 5. Centre for Coastal Health, Nanaimo, British Columbia |
| Abstract: | A study of the risk factors associated with mastitis in Sri Lankan dairy cattle was conducted to inform risk reduction activities to improve the quality and quantity of milk production and dairy farmer income. A cross-sectional survey of randomly selected dairy farms was undertaken to investigate 12 cow and 39 herd level and management risk factors in the Central Province. The farm level prevalence of mastitis (clinical and subclinical) was 48 %, similar to what has been found elsewhere in South and Southeast Asia. Five cow level variables, three herd level variables, and eight management variables remained significant (p? |
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