Appraisal of Mastitis in Dairy Cattle in Khartoum North-Sudan

Abstract

The present study was conducted foe detected of mastitis disease by using California Mastitis Test (CMT). The study side was at Khartoum North – Khartoum State – Sudan. A number of ten farms were selected at random, and ten lactating cows from each farm were selected to be performed by (CMT). Positive (CMT) cases were (3-10%) due to lack of bio-security measures. The study also included sensitivity test, bacteria detected were Staphylococcus and streptococcus, and the antibiotic sensitivity test showed positive result for Gentamicin, Cloxacillin, Roxithromycin and Lincomycin. A questionnaire was performed and revealed that the farms had lack of health measures and absent of hygiene scored high incidence rate of mastitis, while low rate of mastitis were recorded in hygiene farms.