THE EFFECT OF HOUSING SYSTEM ON THE PREVALENCE OF TUBERCULOSIS, BRUCELLOSIS AND MASTITIS

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SUMMARY A total of 2134, 2156 and 1421 cattle and buffaloes were examined for the edetection of tuberculosis, brucellosis, and mastitis respectively. The incidence of tuberculosis in dairy cattle and buffaloes were 3.93 and 4.93% respectively with a higher incidence in cow house system. On the other hand, the incidence of brucellosis was found to be 7.13 and 1.14% in both dairy cattle and buffloes respectively with a higher percentage in milk house system than in cow house system. Moreover, the incidence of mastitis in dairy cattle and buffaloes was found to be 3.1 and 0.06% respectively with a higher percentage in cow house
system than in milk house system.