ISSN 2756-3650
International Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics Vol. 7 (12), pp. 001-007, December, 2018. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Host determinants of bovine mastitis in semi-intensive production system of Khartoum state, Sudan
Nuol Aywel Madut1, Atif Elamin Abdel Gadir2*, Isam Mohamed El Jalii2
1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bahr. Elgazal.
2Department of Preventive Medicine and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, Box 32, Khartoum, Sudan.
Accepted 22 April, 2018
Abstract
Out of 2283 quarter milk samples, 224 (9.81%) gave positive reactivity to California mastitis test, while 600 (26.28%) and 1459 (63.9%) recorded as doubtful and negative respectively. In this study isolated Corynebacterium were Corynebacterium striatum 9 (33.3%), Arcanobacterium pyogene 4 (14.8%), Corynebacterium Pseudotuberculosis 2 (7.4%), Corynebacterium ulcerans 5 (18.5%), Corynebacterium bovis 7 (25.9%). The result showed that age, stage of lactation, teat lesion could be a risk factors for presence of bovine mastitis (OR = 1.34, 1.59 and 7.31 respectively).
Key words: Corynebacterium spp., California mastitis test, host determinant, semi-intensive production, Sudan.