AN UPDATED REVIEW ON PREVALENCE AND MAJOR PATHOGENS OFBOVINE MASTITIS IN ETHIOPIA

摘要

Mastitis is a multifactorial disease with worldwide distribution accounting for major economic loses in the dairy cattle.Mastitis is one of the most costly diseases of dairy industry where affected quarters suffer 30% reduction in productivity and affected cow losses 15% of its production for the lactation. Studies in different parts of Ethiopia have showed that Mastitis prevalence rate is high and the prominent causative agents are Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, coaglase negativesStaphylococcus species, among others.