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Table 7 Summary of questions in relation to improved udder health and analysed for association with SCM in lactating cow on herds in the Savannah region of Nigeria

From: Sub-clinical mastitis and associated risk factors on lactating cows in the Savannah Region of Nigeria

S/No.

Question

Response type

1.

Herd identification

Numeric

2.

Herd size

Numeric

3.

Do you wash hands and/or wear gloves during milking?

Yes/No

4.

Do you pre strip as part of your preparation before the cows are milked?

Yes/No

5.

Do you wash the teats as part of your preparation before milking?

Never/ Only the cows with dirty udders/all cows

6.

Do you use paper towels for the preparation of the udder before milking?

Yes/No

7.

Do you use a (wet) cloth for preparation of the udder?

Yes/No

8.

Do you use teat dipping/spraying before milking?

Yes/No

9.

Do you use teat dipping/spraying after milking?

Yes/No

10.

How regularly are your milking equipments washed?

Daily/weekly/monthly

11.

How regularly are your milking equipments replaced?

Monthly/annually

12.

Which of the following options describe your dry cow therapy best?

No dry cow therapy used/ Selective in the cows which I used dry cow therapy on/ I use dry cow therapy on each cows which is dried off

13.

Do you have a separate calving paddock for your cows?

Yes/No

14.

Do heifers and cows have the same calving paddock?

Yes/No

15.

Do you buy replacement heifers?

Yes/No

16.

Do you feed your cows after milking?

Yes/No

17.

If yes, are they fed in a feed pad or in a paddock? If not continue with question 17

Feed pad/paddock

18.

Do you feed additional supplement to your lactating cows, choose one of the following option

To all lactating and dry cows/only lactating cows/only dry cows/other options like

19.

Is mastitis a primary reason for you to cull a cow?

Yes/No

20.

Do you check the udder health of individual cow timely?

Yes/No

21.

Do you record treatments of clinical cases of mastitis?

Yes/No