Mastitis Control Techniques of Dairy Farmers from in Chiangmai

Abstract

Survey on Mastitis control techniques used by 51 Chiangmai small-scale dairy farmers at San Kamphaeng and Mae-On districts found that most farmers had mismanaged as follows: 88.3% did not wash udders with Chlorine solution, 88.2% used a towel for every cow, 56.9% dripped foremilk on the floor instead of using strip cups, 52.94% did not dip teats after milking, 82.4% dried cows with no medication, 60.8% used to have mastitis cows in herds and 3.9% had 1-2 cows with clinical mastitis while surveying. About subclinical mastitis knowledge, 41.2% knew nothing, 58.8% slightly had but never realized its harm.