Assessing the effectiveness of education and training in mitigating clinical mastitis incidence among farmer herds

The recent study was conducted with the objective to assess the various management factors related to clinical mastitis in dairy animals. Total 100 farmers of 5 different blocks of district Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab were targeted for data survey generation. Data regarding education classification of farmers, dairy training, information of the species (Cattle. Buffalo) and incidence of clinical mastitis were generated. Chi-square analysis was performed to test the influence of various observed parameters on incidence of clinical mastitis in farmers herd. Education classification, species information, block-wise animal distribution did not reveal significant influence (P>0.05) on control of clinical mastitis. However, effect of dairy training revealed the significant effect (P<0.05). Out of 100, 45 per cent farmers were educated upto secondary education. Out of these 45.00, 55.56% (25) farmer’s animals were affected with clinical mastitis. The animals of 44.44 per cent (20) farmers were non-affected. On the other hand, 19 per cent farmers were education above higher secondary level. 42.11% (8) farmer’s animals of them had affected and 57.89 per cent (11) of them had non-affected by clinical mastitis. Among the 100 farmers, 24 per cent of them attended the training of dairy farming. 8 (33.33%) of them had affected and 16 (66.66%) of them had non-affected. 76 per cent farmers didn’t attend the training and animals of 40 per cent farmers were affected and animals of 36 per cent farmers were non-affected by clinical mastitis. The baseline data generated from farmers flock revealed that education and dairy farming training of dairy farmers for the control of clinical mastitis is prerequisite for profitable dairy farming.