ETIOLOGY AND PREVALENCE BOVINE MASTITIS IN THE TEREZINA CITY, PI

Authors

  • Jorge Luís Ferreira UFT
  • José Luciano Freitas H. A. Lins
  • Tânia Vasconcelos Cavalcante
  • Nicodemus Alves de Macedo
  • Arcadio de Los Reyes Borjas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v8i2.1350

Abstract

The aim of present study was to verify the etiology and prevalence of bovine mastitis in the Terezina, city. A total of 852 quarters from cows during avery lactating pe¬riod raised on 8 dairy farms in Terezina, Piauí, were exa¬mined. Out of 346 (41.10%) positive cows by CMT (+, ++ e +++). A total of 252 (72.83%) were confirmed though bacteriological methods. From the agents isolated in pure or mixed cultures, the Staphylococcus was most frequen¬tly observed (74.60%). KEY-WORDS: CMT, epidemiology, milk, Piauí, Staphylococcus.

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Published

2007-07-05

How to Cite

FERREIRA, J. L.; LINS, J. L. F. H. A.; CAVALCANTE, T. V.; MACEDO, N. A. de; BORJAS, A. de L. R. ETIOLOGY AND PREVALENCE BOVINE MASTITIS IN THE TEREZINA CITY, PI. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 8, n. 2, p. 261–266, 2007. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v8i2.1350. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1350. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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