Bacterial Etiologies of Subclinical Mastitis in Cows Jos Metropolis, Nigeria
This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of subclinical mastitis and its contagious and environmental bacterial causes in dairy cows in Jos Metro polis of Plateau State. A total of 208 milk samples were collected aseptically from 52 lactating cows and subjected to the California Mastit...
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| description | This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of subclinical mastitis and its contagious and environmental bacterial causes in dairy cows in Jos Metro polis of Plateau State. A total of 208 milk samples were collected aseptically from 52 lactating cows and subjected to the California Mastitis Tests (CMT). Milk samples were transferred into peptone water broth for enrichment, followed with bacteriological assays and biochemical identification of bacteria. Using R Commander version 3.6.2, data such as: breed, age, parity, lactation, and management system of cows were collected, and analysed to determine their relationship with bovine subclinical mastitis. Out of 208 quarter milk samples collected from 52 cows, 35.09 % showed subclinical mastitis. While the Cross-breed cows had 15 % subclinical mastitis recorded, the White Fulani had 78.13 %. Cows of the age 3 to 5 years had the highest prevalence of mastitis, while cows with 4 to 6 calves showed the highest prevalence in the parity category. The early lactation stage of these cows showed the highest prevalence. The environmental bacteria isolated where E. coli, K. pneumoniae, K. oxytoca, C. freundii, K. aerogenes, and Proteus sp. with E. coli having the highest frequency of 40.86 %, followed by K. Pneumoniae with 17.79 %. The contagious bacteria isolated were S. aureus, S. agalactiae, and Corynebacterium sp. with S. aureus occurring most with 69.71 %. This study concluded that the prevalence of subclinical mastitis is high in cows in the study area. It was also discovered that the breed of cow, age of cow, parity number, stage of lactation and husbandry systems have an impact on subclinical mastitis. S. aureus with the highest frequency, indicated that contagious microbes have more effect on subclinical mastitis than environmental microbes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8539495194e3414cab3e7fdafb45a0e22023-01-19T13:20:32ZengSciendoFolia Veterinaria2453-78372022-12-01664495510.2478/fv-2022-0037Bacterial Etiologies of Subclinical Mastitis in Cows Jos Metropolis, NigeriaAnueyiagu K. N.0Agu G C.1Ayanbimpe G. M.2Ike E. I.3Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, VomNational Veterinary Research Institute, VomDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of JosNigeriaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of JosNigeriaThis study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of subclinical mastitis and its contagious and environmental bacterial causes in dairy cows in Jos Metro polis of Plateau State. A total of 208 milk samples were collected aseptically from 52 lactating cows and subjected to the California Mastitis Tests (CMT). Milk samples were transferred into peptone water broth for enrichment, followed with bacteriological assays and biochemical identification of bacteria. Using R Commander version 3.6.2, data such as: breed, age, parity, lactation, and management system of cows were collected, and analysed to determine their relationship with bovine subclinical mastitis. Out of 208 quarter milk samples collected from 52 cows, 35.09 % showed subclinical mastitis. While the Cross-breed cows had 15 % subclinical mastitis recorded, the White Fulani had 78.13 %. Cows of the age 3 to 5 years had the highest prevalence of mastitis, while cows with 4 to 6 calves showed the highest prevalence in the parity category. The early lactation stage of these cows showed the highest prevalence. The environmental bacteria isolated where E. coli, K. pneumoniae, K. oxytoca, C. freundii, K. aerogenes, and Proteus sp. with E. coli having the highest frequency of 40.86 %, followed by K. Pneumoniae with 17.79 %. The contagious bacteria isolated were S. aureus, S. agalactiae, and Corynebacterium sp. with S. aureus occurring most with 69.71 %. This study concluded that the prevalence of subclinical mastitis is high in cows in the study area. It was also discovered that the breed of cow, age of cow, parity number, stage of lactation and husbandry systems have an impact on subclinical mastitis. S. aureus with the highest frequency, indicated that contagious microbes have more effect on subclinical mastitis than environmental microbes.https://doi.org/10.2478/fv-2022-0037bovinecmtcontagious bacteriaenvironmental bacteriasubclinical mastitis |
| spellingShingle | Anueyiagu K. N. Agu G C. Ayanbimpe G. M. Ike E. I. Bacterial Etiologies of Subclinical Mastitis in Cows Jos Metropolis, Nigeria Folia Veterinaria bovine cmt contagious bacteria environmental bacteria subclinical mastitis |
| title | Bacterial Etiologies of Subclinical Mastitis in Cows Jos Metropolis, Nigeria |
| title_full | Bacterial Etiologies of Subclinical Mastitis in Cows Jos Metropolis, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Bacterial Etiologies of Subclinical Mastitis in Cows Jos Metropolis, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bacterial Etiologies of Subclinical Mastitis in Cows Jos Metropolis, Nigeria |
| title_short | Bacterial Etiologies of Subclinical Mastitis in Cows Jos Metropolis, Nigeria |
| title_sort | bacterial etiologies of subclinical mastitis in cows jos metropolis nigeria |
| topic | bovine cmt contagious bacteria environmental bacteria subclinical mastitis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/fv-2022-0037 |
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