Detection Of Subclinical Mastitis In Peranakan Etawah Goat In Kalipuro Village, Banyuwangi

Abstract

Mastitis is a disease which occur as result of the infection in mammary gland. Subclinical mastitis is a type of mastitis which does not show clinical symptoms. The purpose of this study was to examine subclinical mastitis on PE Goat livestock by using the California Mastitis Test method as a preliminary study to obtain preliminary data on cases of subclinical mastitis in Kalipuro Village, Banyuwangi. This research was a descriptive research. Detection was done by taking milk samples on PE purposively and was reacted with CMT reagents which were circulated circularly for 10-15 seconds. The observation of the reaction results of milk and reagent samples were determined based on consistency changing with the coagulation period. The results showed that the incidence of subclinical mastitis was 82.76%. The subclinical mastitis factor was influenced by cowshed management and milking of livestock, because sanitation and hygiene influenced to the level of bacterial contamination.