• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.855-857
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• 2001

The aim of this study was to assess the associations of some potential risk factors and occurrence of calf mortality in large-scale dairy farms. Njoro area of the Rift valley, Kenya was selected due to its potential of large-scale dairy farms, since the time of the Europeans settlers. The study was retrospective and focused on the calves dying from January 1996 through October 1998. Sample of studied population consisted of 105 calves extracted from the farm records. Data was collected using a questionnaire and were grouped into farm-level and animal-level factors. Calf mortality was 15.6% and important risk factors for calf mortality were sex of calf, season of birth, pneumonia disease, age of dam when calf was born and house type for calves. Female calve born during colder wet seasons and born to dams of 2-4.5 years of age were equally at higher risk. Calves raised in movable pens compared to those raised in permanent pens were at higher risk of mortality from pneumonia. Animal level factors were major causes of calf mortality in commercial farms used in this study and therefore details study is needed in these factors in controlling the calf mortality rates.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.372-377
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• 2001

A study on the prevalence and causes of sub-clinical mastitis was conducted on ten smallholder and large-scale dairy farms in Morogoro urban and peri-urban areas. A total of 65 lactating cows were screened using the California Mastitis Test (CMT). Confirmatory tests used included; the direct microscopic somatic cell count (DMSCC), culture, bacteriological and biochemical tests. Structured questionnaires were used to collect information on management aspects. Results showed 62% and 4% cows as sub- clinical and clinical mastitis cases respectively. Levels of infection were higher on smallholder farms (75%) than on large-scale farms (25%). All tested cows had high cell counts (>500,000) per ml of milk. Incidences of mastitis were significantly (p<0.05) related to milking practices. The dominant bacterial isolates in the same order were Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus spp, and Escherichia coli. Other organisms isolated included Pseudomonas spp and Klebsiella spp. It was concluded that the high rates of sub-clinical mastitis in the research area were mainly due to poor management and unhygienic milking practices.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.251-262
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• 2009

본 연구는 우리나라 젖소농가의 사육규모별 축사시설 현황을 파악하고자 전국 9개도시의 젖소 50두 이상사육농가 4,198호를 대상으로 축사시설 실태를 조사하였으며 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 50두 이상 전업농가에서 344,514마리를 사육하였으며 농가당 50~99마리 사육규모가 78.9%로 대부분이었고 농가당 평균 사육두수는 82.1두 이었다. 젖소 우사의 건축 시기는 평균 건축연도가 1995년 9월로타 축종에 비하여 노후한 편이었으며 농가당 축사면적은 $1,740.0\;m^2$이었다. 젖소 우사의 건축형태는 톱밥우사 84.0%로 가장 높은 비율을 차지하였고 후리스톨 5.1%, 계류식+톱밥 운동장 17.3%, 기타 4.4%이었다. 규모별 우사의 건축형태는 소규모 농가에서 톱밥우사가 많은 반면, 대규모 농가에서는 후리스톨이 10.9%로서 소규모 농가의 후리스톨 보다 높게 나타났다. 착유시설은 파이프라인 41.5%, 헤링본 22.8%, 탠덤 35.8% 이었으나 50~99두의 소규모 농가는 파이프라인이 48.0%로 많은 반면, 200두 이상에서는 헤링본 38.3%, 탠던 48.9%로 착유실 착유가 많은 것을 알 수 있다. 우사 바닥은 깔짚이 94.9%로 스크레이퍼에 비하여 상당히 높게 나타났으나 대규모 농가에서는 스크레파가 13.1%로 소규모 농가의 6.4%에 비하여 높은 경향이었다. 유우사 지붕의 재질은 슬레이트 32.5%, 비닐 16.3%, 썬라이트 11.1%, 판넬 10.9, 함석 8.8, 강판 8.3%로 조사되었다. 1995년 이전에는 슬레이트가 많았으나 1995년 이후 비닐지붕이 증가하고 있으며 대규모 농가에서도 비닐지붕이 23.8%로 소규모 농가에 비하여 많았다. 우사 외벽 재질은 개방식이 83.3%이며 윈치커튼이 26.8%로 대부분 개병형 우사 이었다. 젖소 사육시설의 사용년수는 착유기 9.2년, 사료자동급이기 7.9년, 급수기 9.2년, 전기시설 10.4년으로 최근 사료자동급이기의 시설개선이 많이 있었던 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.227-230
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• 2016

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) causes Johne's disease (JD) in ruminants. This is the first large scale report to estimate the herd-level prevalence of antibodies against MAP by using an ELISA to detect antibodies in bulk tank milk (BTM) samples. The samples were collected from January 2011 to November 2011, from 636 herds of the dairy farms in the Gyeonggi and Chungbuk areas of Korea. The overall apparent prevalence of MAP antibody-positive herds was 8.5%, and regional prevalence were 32/440 (7.3%) and 22/196 (11.2%) of dairy farms in the Gyeonggi and Chungbuk areas, respectively. The results did not differ significantly by region. While we have determined the prevalence rate of MAP in the Gyenoggi and Chungbuk areas in this study, there is a continuing need for well-designed studies to calculate the prevalence of MAP in dairy herds based on culture and molecular findings.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2023

In the present study, the incidence of bovine tubeculosis (bTB) and brucellosis in Hanwoo (Korean native cattle) and dairy cow in Gyeongsangnam-do was investigated for three years from 2020 to 2022. The incidence bTB tested by tuberculin skin test with purified protein derivative (PPD) and gamma interferon (γ-INF) test with a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. From 2020 to 2022, the incidence of bTB showed a decreasing trend in Hanwoo, while an increasing trend in dairy cow. In the case of Brucellosis, the positive rates for Hanwooe gradually increased. However, no brucellosis was found in dairy cow from 2020 to 2022. The increase in the incidence of these diseases is presumed to be related the small scale and poor sanitation facilities of livestock farms in Gyeongsangnam-do, and easy access of wild animals. Therefore, in order to suppress the incidence of the diseases, it is necessary to the farm scale from small to large and to strengthen sanitary facilities on farms.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권8_spc호
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• pp.1244-1255
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• 2019

Dairy goat production continues to be a socially, economically and culturally important part of the livestock industry in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean islands. Goat milk, cheese and other dairy products offer consumers food products with nutritional, health and environmental benefits. In North America, Mexico produces the greatest volume of goat milk, but most is for family or local consumption that is typical of a mixed farming system adopted by subsistence farmers in dry areas. The United States is not yet a large global goat milk producer, but the sector has expanded rapidly, with dairy goat numbers doubling between 1997 and 2012. The number of dairy goats has also increased dramatically in Canada. Commercial farms are increasingly important, driven by rising demand for good quality and locally sourced goat cheese. In South America, Brazil has the most developed dairy goat industry that includes government assistance to small-scale producers and low-income households. As of 2017, FAO identified Haiti, Peru, Jamaica, and Bolivia as having important goat milk production in the Western Hemisphere. For subsistence goat producers in the Americas on marginal land without prior history of chemical usage, organic dairy goat production can be a viable alternative for income generation, with sufficient transportation, sanitation and marketing initiatives. Production efficiency, greenhouse gas emission, waste disposal, and animal welfare are important challenges for dairy goat producers in the Americas.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.369-378
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• 2011

Incidence of mastitis is highest in dairy cows and it is a leader of all diseases and the economic losses, in dairy farms. The objective of this study is to analyse the incidence of clinical mastitis using the lactation number, lactation month and season of calving. In this study, we used 3,779 lactation data and animal health records collected from 1990 to 2006 at the National Institute of Animal Science. Out of 3,779 cows, a total of 1,721 cows were reported with clinical mastitis, which was 46.3%. The frequency of mastitis increased from 36.9% from first lactation to 56.0% by the fifth lactation. As many as 766 cows (46.9%) showed a recurrence of mastitis after 14 days, apart for two or more and chronic mastitis that were recorded for 657 cows (20.3%). This came to a total of 3,010 cases that had clinical mastitis in the herd for sixteen years. The distribution of incidence of clinical mastitis was highest during the first month of lactation at 24.4%, and it reached to 43.4% by the third month. The incidence of mastitis was even higher for cows in first lactation, showing 28.6% in the first month, and 42.9 percent by third month of lactation. Cows calved during the summer and winter months showed higher rate of incidence with 59.9% and 57.9% within 30 days of lactation, respectively. It is urgently needed to establish a preventative management for heifer cows during their expected first lactation and the clinical specific dry-period management strategies that influence the rate of clinical mastitis during the next lactation. The aim of this study is to present information that might be useful to improve clinical mastitis prevention.